A Paradigm Shift
This is the sketch of a
single dimension of an alternative means
of providing higher education and research, distinct from the reigning rubric of
institutions (universities or colleges), governments and unions.
This triad of functionaries has enjoyed monopoly
tenure since inception. Absent an alternative paradigm its modern universities and colleges have become curious cultural fixtures routinely mistaken for the civic enterprise they are meant to serve.
The proposed alternative is the professions. This competitive service paradigm exposes
and either compensates or corrects for existing systemic deficiencies. In doing so it does not advocate modification but
a shift.