DIY U Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation...

Professor Go Sociology C100 15 December 2013 DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education A typical eighteenth-century American college was loosely modeled after England’s Oxford and Cambridge. In the colonies there were nine colleges founded before the Revolution and they are still in business today. They are Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Rutgers, and Dartmouth. In 1851 Reverend Absalom Peters remarked â€Å"Our country is to be a land of colleges.†(Chapter 1 Page 2) There were two periods in history of upheaval in American higher education they were â€Å"catastrophic angst.† The first was in the 1860’s the emergence of modern university. Then after World War II the†¦show more content†¦Higher education is a $320 billion economic sector. New technology puts different jobs at risk. Funding for higher education is failing to make college more affordable, because it is going to the wrong people. Colleges give more help to rich kids then they do poor kids. They do this to attract higher academic achievers, athletes, and artists. A group spent $171 million on aid for poor kids in 2003 for families that made less than $20, 000 a year. Rich kids received $257,000 in aid from families making more than $100,000 a year. Some students will have to make $94,000 a year to pay off student loans within 10 years. College cost has been rise about 6 to 7 percent a year. A headline from the New York Times, â€Å"Higher Education May Soon Be Unaffordable for Most Americans.† (Chapter 3 Page 51) For the poorest of Americans it will cost 55% of their income to attend public university. A teacher said she made just under $100,000 a year which is only a quarter of what each of her students pay. If the economy is good colleges expand facilities and programs and increase tuition. When the economy is not so good the colleges state subsidies atrophy and tuition still goes up. Student loans have more than doubled in the past ten years from $44.6 billion to $94.5 billion. Student loan defaults peaked at 22% in 1992. Banard University held and experiment on private school loans. A drastic 73% drop in private loans due to one change by talking to aShow MoreRelated Designing A Degree2099 Words   |  9 Pagesbroad educations and producing well-rounded students that are ready and able to work in various jobs. However, today it is challenging to break into the work force. Students with more specific studies are finding greater success in their job search after college. For this reason, individualized studies programs have exploded across the country. Individualized studies are a create-your-own-major approach to education. These programs allow students to design and personalize their college education byRead MoreThe Evolution of Individualized Major Programs3401 Words   |  14 Pageshas been a struggle for educators and administrators since the creation of universities. This struggle has continued throughout the evolution of the American higher education institutions. Starting with Harvard University in the 17th century and following all the way through to today where there are over 4,000 institutions of higher education in the United States. The goals of universities have stayed relatively the same in that they want to create prepared individuals who go out into the world ready