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" (
Dayton Daily News Editorial: “To their credit, Gov. Ted Strickland and Chancellor Eric Fingerhut are upending everything. Their marching orders are that going to college can and has to be affordable, and that Ohio will increase the number of its college graduates. Make no mistake about it: This is a new mind set. . . . In a new 10-year strategic plan, Mr. Fingerhut has laid out how he hopes things will work. He is on a mission, and, thankfully, there’s mostly agreement about where he wants to go.”
[Highlights from the plan:] “In the coming years, students will be able to attend a community college for two years and move directly to a four-year school, with all their credits guaranteed to transfer. . . . Moreover, more four-year colleges will take their programs to community college campuses, negating the need for some students to leave home to get a bachelor’s degree. A “Seniors to Sophomores” program is being developed to allow some seniors to complete their last year of high school on a college campus, thus eliminating one year of college expenses.” (“Our view: Ohio’s learned that it needs its colleges,” 13 Apr 2008)
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Is this being implemented?