You have /5 articles left.
Sign up for a free account or log in.
Higher education is a multifaceted industry. If you ask ten random people what higher education is all about, they will most-likely give you a wide array of answers. In 2014, I would say that higher education is about obtaining a credential that you can use to land your next job. What do you think? Is higher education just about getting a job? I'd love to say that the focus is on teaching and learning, but the prominence of luxury dorms, big money collegiate athletics, and the use of education as a political lever has me looking less at the aspects that I appreciate and more at the angles that seem to be driving today's discourse. Here are some questions about what higher education "is" along with some relevant tweets:
Higher education is about learning?
Higher education is a business?
Higher education is about getting a job?
Higher education is about research?
Higher education is about teaching?
Higher education is about climbing walls and swimming pools?
Higher education is about nation-building?
Higher education is about luxury residence halls?
Higher education is about leadership?
Higher education is about brand-building?
Higher education is about athletics?
Higher education is about disruption?
Higher education is about changing the world?
Higher education is about __________?
Do you tweet? Let's connect. Follow me on Twitter.
