A LIFE BEYOND THE GOLDEN ARCHESDr Simon Shurville
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Abstract Societal expectations of higher education have changed significantly in the past quarter century without equivalent increases in funding. These changes leave a shortfall between the outcomes higher education is expected to provide, the experiences it aspires to offer and those it can deliver. This shortfall has contributed to higher educations McDonaldization (Ritzer, 1996). Although flexible delivery (flexible delivery) and technology-enhanced learning (technology-enhanced learning) are common strategies to narrow this shortfall, I argue that they can actually increase its breadth. I apply Simons’ model of levers of organizational design to show how higher education can effect cultural changes to help to transform this shortfall into an entrepreneurial gap, thus offering higher education a possible future beyond the golden arches. |
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