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). Related post.
"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" (Polynesian Voyaging Society and Georganne Nordstrom, "Nainoa Thompson: In Search of History," Horizons, 1999).
instead of seeking radically new opportunities to develop school-as-it-can-be" (Seymour Papert and Gaston Caperton, in Transforming Learning Through Technology: Policy Roadmaps for the Nation's Governors, Milken Family Foundation, 1999).
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 "The Future of School," transcripts of a late-1980s Sao Paulo, Brazil, TV broadcast).
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" (Democracy and Education, Macmillan, NY, 1916).
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Lee Thornton, President, and Richard Cummins, Executive Vice President, Columbia Basin College (Washington), quote Irwin Kirsch, Educational Testing Services researcher: “Over the next 25 years or so, as better-educated individuals leave the work force, they will be replaced by those who, on average, have lower levels of education and skill. Over this same period, nearly [...]
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Goldie Blumenstyk (Chronicle of Higher Education): “Most important, he [Joe May, president of the Louisiana Community & Technical College system] said, community colleges could and should do more to improve service to their students on matters like advising and financial-aid counseling. For-profit colleges do that well, and even though they may be doing it as [...]
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Alex Smith (The Gatepost.com): “Kali said since online registration has begun, her advising of students has reached a new level. She finds students coming to advising sessions more knowledgable of courses offered and requirements to be met. ‘The onus of responsibility is more on the students.’ She reasons students have more access to the information, [...]
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