Why One University Is Moving Toward a Subscription Model
One massive theme in education-innovation circles is that the skilled world is altering sooner than ever, and so faculties and faculties should alter how they educate to fulfill these wants.
One school in St. Louis, Maryville University, is embracing that argument in a massive means by revamping its curriculum and even altering its enterprise mannequin to incorporate choices like a subscription mannequin—with the objective of serving to its college students get good jobs after commencement.
The school’s president, Mark Lombardi, laid out his concepts in a new ebook he co-wrote, referred to as “Pivot: A Vision for the New University.”
“By the end of this decade or before, students should pay for higher ed the way they pay for Netflix or their cell phone bill,” Lombardi says.
EdSurge sat down with Lombardi after a speech he gave on the current SXSW EDU convention in Austin. We requested him how he defines the “new university” he’s pivoting to, and particularly what position the humanities may play in its up to date curriculum.
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