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The contested rise of ‘institutional autonomy’

HEPI

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. The history of ‘institutional autonomy’ The insistence on the importance of institutional autonomy has a long history. The second part will be published tomorrow.

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Institutional autonomy: does it need an ‘academic community’?

HEPI

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. Publishing its Second Report in July 2012, the Lords’ Science and Technology Committee said it had ‘received substantial written evidence on the recent HE reforms’.

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Does the multiplication of alternative providers call for a new review of higher education?

HEPI

T his post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. Robbins was more welcoming towards the inclusion among higher education providers of the then ‘Colleges of Advanced Technology’.

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A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 180 with Drumm McNaughton and Catherine Friday

The Change Leader, Inc.

7 November · Episode 180 A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton This conversation–rooted in the findings of E&Y white paper: How are you balancing the books for a digital future? Now, you guys just brought out this new white paper. it sure does.

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Beyond Ideas: Implementing Innovative Structures in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 179 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Philomena "Philly" Mantella

The Change Leader, Inc.

But with all the technology, with all the needs for innovation and the headwinds, I mean, we’ve got the demographic cliff or enrollment cliff coming up, which is real and I’m sure that’s going to affect your institution because being a public institution, regional, we’ve got to be able to innovate to get past this.

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Is AI the New Homework Machine? Understanding AI and Its Impact on Higher EducationIs AI the New Homework Machine?

WCET Frontiers

Very simply put, the release of ChatGPT and the development of other large language model AIs is a seminal moment in human history. The moment is akin to probably the single most important historical technological development—the creation of the movable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in the early 15 th century.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

I recently ran across a white paper called Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution out of MIT’s J-WEL center. While the paper contains no groundbreaking new ideas, the gestalt of it is interesting and timely. To understand the potential role this model could play, we need to review a little history.