Can institutions in Africa move quickly enough? Some are but from a numbers standpoint can they trigger the necessary phase change in a world of advancing automation and disintermediation ? Stuart M. Butler writing about the American state of affaires offers some alternatives:
Today, a student typically moves away from home for some years and chooses from a limited set of courses at a costly brick-and-mortar institution. Imagine instead a “general contractor” model of college, in which the contractor assembles a collection of courses from different places and delivers them in different ways. The contractor’s (college’s) role in this model is assembly and quality control, rather than running an institution.More here
This model would also allow for much greater customization, with degrees better tailored to the student’s interests and needs—as well as their home and employment situation.
What might this look like?