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We’re ripe for a great disruption in higher education

Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada - Column

February 4, 2012

The digital revolution will make higher education better, cheaper, more accessible, more engaging and far more customized than anything that exists today. It'll also turn our current institutions upside down. But the real disruption comes when you stop measuring academic accomplishment in terms of seat time and hours logged, and start measuring it by competency.

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