Recently, the higher education sector has been attempting to redefine its role in both the education ecosystem and society. This episode looks at how the function, but not the form, of higher education has evolved from serving an agrarian society to today’s knowledge-based economy. Specifically, I’ll maintain that the struggles of higher education to re-establish a self-identity come from higher ed remaining monolithic as society has become diversified and specialized. The democratization of education has occurred as higher education watched.  Now it needs to engage and compete.

EdUp Insights with Bill Pepicello is part of the EdUp Experience Podcast network.