Burning down (metaphorically speaking) something like 80% of the corrupt, wasteful, bloated admin in higher education is my standard advice.
Robert Kegan, Kurt Fischer and their colleagues at Harvard GSE had some unique ideas about how education should evolve under postmodern social conditions.
Some kind of massive reform is needed.
Use psych evals to block sociopaths and narcissists from being promoted into leadership?
WGU.edu isn't perfect, but at least they realize that in many cases, brick and mortar higher ed does badly in a competition with google search and youtube for many young people who want to learn stuff.
They put emphasis on having students test out on existing competencies instead putting their "butt in a seat" for a whole semester to re-learn what they already know.
STEM majors that are anti-woke could try to use social media to stand up to the woke lunatics, they could support anti-woke organizations such as fairforall.org , they could ask teachers to take anti-woke positions by pointing out the reality of creepy woke types like Clausdine Gay at Harvard. They could threaten to transfer, if possible, to schools that are critical of woke.
Alternatives to college: community college and similar vocational-tech programs. Look for jobs that don't require college. I've been surprised at how many young people that are quick thinkers and good with numbers (and customer support/communication) are successful in finance and banking. I know one such person that is 30, no college, almost 10 years chain restaurant "management", who is almost making $100,000 a year.
In general, Gen XYZ from working and middle class backgrounds seem to be very skeptical that there will be very many good middle class jobs like that in the future.
At the same time, they aren't rushing toward vocational training in construction, machining, plumbing, ag, etc., which is bizarre IMO.
The european model is probably better, testing is done in middle and high school to put students on either a vocational training track or college track. As long as there are merit-based escape hatches for movement from working class to college, that could probably work well.
Legacy higher ed is sucking a lot of oxygen out of the room that needs to go to creating better alternatives.
Excellent, but I’m not sure what alternatives you are asking about, sorry.
Alternative majors? Alternatives to “woke” ideology? Alternatives to college in general?
This is one of the best sites I’ve found on post-woke culture.
metarationality.com
Burning down (metaphorically speaking) something like 80% of the corrupt, wasteful, bloated admin in higher education is my standard advice.
Robert Kegan, Kurt Fischer and their colleagues at Harvard GSE had some unique ideas about how education should evolve under postmodern social conditions.
Some kind of massive reform is needed.
Use psych evals to block sociopaths and narcissists from being promoted into leadership?
Yes, alternatives for STEM majors.
Yes, alternatives for college in general.
When it comes to college in general, there aren’t many good options now. There are many mediocre options and many bad options.
It’s a disconcerting situation.
So until things get better, people will have to grin and bear it.
WGU.edu isn't perfect, but at least they realize that in many cases, brick and mortar higher ed does badly in a competition with google search and youtube for many young people who want to learn stuff.
They put emphasis on having students test out on existing competencies instead putting their "butt in a seat" for a whole semester to re-learn what they already know.
STEM majors that are anti-woke could try to use social media to stand up to the woke lunatics, they could support anti-woke organizations such as fairforall.org , they could ask teachers to take anti-woke positions by pointing out the reality of creepy woke types like Clausdine Gay at Harvard. They could threaten to transfer, if possible, to schools that are critical of woke.
Alternatives to college: community college and similar vocational-tech programs. Look for jobs that don't require college. I've been surprised at how many young people that are quick thinkers and good with numbers (and customer support/communication) are successful in finance and banking. I know one such person that is 30, no college, almost 10 years chain restaurant "management", who is almost making $100,000 a year.
In general, Gen XYZ from working and middle class backgrounds seem to be very skeptical that there will be very many good middle class jobs like that in the future.
At the same time, they aren't rushing toward vocational training in construction, machining, plumbing, ag, etc., which is bizarre IMO.
The european model is probably better, testing is done in middle and high school to put students on either a vocational training track or college track. As long as there are merit-based escape hatches for movement from working class to college, that could probably work well.
Legacy higher ed is sucking a lot of oxygen out of the room that needs to go to creating better alternatives.
Good brainstorm. We’ll figure it out.
Kaggle et al?