Originally posted by ironmaniup
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I still think a lot of kids are going to think twice before going to schools...all but 2 classified as in some type of financial trouble. And it's unknown if you go to about 5 of them, if the name of the school will be the same when you graduate. We'll see I guess.
But, yes - What's happening isn't innovation. They're essentially copying what a few other state systems did to stay afloat.
I kind of wondered if his ties to the Gates Foundation had some other motives. Put him in charge of a failing system, and see if some of the Gates stuff can be implemented to fix it. I'd like to see more corporate partnerships, etc. At the end of the day though, it's really hard to innovate in higher ed.
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