To be explicit, in seeking to evolve beyond the four-year degree we need not be anti-college. iTunes didn’t render the musician irrelevant just the album. But just as Napster, YouTube, iTunes and Spotify evolved the paths, careers, and distribution of musicians and their music, the role that the university plays will evolve dramatically.

Jailbreaking the Degree | TechCrunch

A very good and provocative piece about how technology might disintermediate higher education.

What if the course was the unit of achievement, not degree? 

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