The world is adopting the US model of university education just as it is hitting a wall in America!

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From http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21646985-american-model-higher-education-spreading-it-good-producing-excellence?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/vi/producingexcellence

But just as the American model is spreading around the world, it is struggling at home. America’s best universities still do more top-class research than any other country’s; the problem lies in getting value for money on the teaching side.

This special report will argue that the problems spring in part from the tensions at the heart of higher education between research and teaching, and between excellence and equity; but that technology and better information can help make the teaching side of the business more effective. America, having exported its model to the world, could learn some lessons from other countries about how to improve its own system.

Although individuals enjoy decent returns to their investment in higher education, it is less clear that society as a whole does.

Ain’t that the truth.

The above article should probably be read in tandem with this garbage “analysis” of the Carey’s book “The End of College” :

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/03/26/essay-challenging-kevin-careys-new-book-higher-education#.VRP38Qo4xos.facebook

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The book is titled: The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere.