next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week" (1996). 
"Our ancestors sailed across a vast ocean, one third of the earth's surface, and to accomplish this great feat they needed the vision to see islands over the horizon, the ability to plan intentional voyages of discovery, the discipline to train physically and mentally, the courage to take risks, and a deep sense of aloha to bind the crew together during the voyage. These are Hawaiian values but they are also universal values. They worked in the past and they will work today" (
instead of seeking radically new opportunities to develop school-as-it-can-be" (Seymour Papert and Gaston Caperton, in 
matter. What matters to me is the determined space and time where determined tasks are accomplished. Social historical and political tasks, not only individual ones. . . . The two main tasks of the school: to get the already known knowledge and to produce the knowledge not yet in existence" (In Seymour Papert's 
and to consider the action of others to give point and direction to his own, is equivalent to breaking down barriers of class, race, and national territory which kept men from perceiving the full import of their activity" (
Marketwire: “Tomorrow and Wednesday, an anticipated 50,000 attendees from 40+ countries will log onto the World Wide Web tomorrow (March 25 and 26, 2008 — from 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT) to participate in CollegeWeekLive, the largest-ever virtual college fair. Designed to foster connections that are impossible in the physical world, the online environment of CollegeWeekLive leverages the latest in Web technologies to give college-bound high school students, parents, and guidance counselors a fun, eco-friendly supplement or alternative to the conventional College Road Trip — in which families must fly or drive from campus to campus. This free 2-day long online event will let attendees:
- Visit virtual booths of participating colleges and universities featuring electronic brochures, videos, webinars, podcasts, and school-specific presentations.
- Interact through real-time text chat and video chat with 300+ admissions counselors from these schools.
- Participate in live interactive video chats with 60 current undergraduates to gain a view of campus life from insiders, in the know.
- Engage with successful young professionals who will share career insights on their personal experiences in a range of fields.
- Benefit from an unprecedented agenda of live presentations from top experts on how to choose, get into, and afford to attend, the college or university of their choice. Participants can then ask their own questions of the experts.
. . . CollegeWeekLive is a unique virtual event designed to allow people involved in the college admissions process (students, parents, teachers, counselors, colleges and universities) to connect and successfully interact with one another in ways that are impossible at physical events, through powerful Web-based software and services. PlatformQ, the producer of the CollegeWeekLive, is a new company whose mission is to leverage the accessibility of online events to connect individuals, companies and organizations — across North America and internationally — who might otherwise not be able to travel to physical events or communicate with leading experts or thought leaders.” (“CollegeWeekLive, World’s Largest Virtual College Fair Starts Tomorrow,” marketwire, 24 March 2008)
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