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Friday, December 20, 2019

Short Article: 6 Reasons Why Higher Education Needs to Be Disrupted

Title:
6 Reasons Why Higher Education Needs to Be Disrupted

Authors: 
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic & Becky Frankiewicz

Published:
Harvard Business Review, 19 November 2019

From the article:
"On the surface, universities are a nice idea. You go in, pick a subject you like, learn from the experts, and leave being job- and future-ready. This is why so many people (around 40% in rich countries) decide to go to college, even if it means making big financial and personal sacrifices. Yet just because so many people are doing it doesn't mean it's necessarily a good thing to do."

To access this short article:
https://hbr.org/2019/11/6-reasons-why-higher-education-needs-to-be-disrupted