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" (
Andrew Careaga (Higher Ed Marketing): “What causes people to participate in social networks? Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff’s new book Groundswell (must purchase soon) may have the answer. Here’s[sic] are eight drivers of participation in social media, capsulized from that book. This is only a partial list, but a pretty good start[:] Keeping up friendships. Making new friends. Succumbing to social pressure from existing friends. Paying it
forward (having seen that a site is useful, you may be moved to contribute). The altruistic impulse. The prurient impulse. The creative impulse. The validation impulse. The affinity impulse. Bernoff adds this note of caution (marketers, take heed): ‘Respect this diversity. Keep it in mind as you set up your social applications. Assuming everyone wants the same thing as you do — or as each other — is a big mistake.’” (“What drives social networking?“, 7 Apr 2008)
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