These infographics help explain how the PSA model connects the core interested parties in higher education - students and academics. HEIs can remain a part of the equation, but they assume the role of vendors, providing services and facilities as required by students and academics. This means universities and colleges are electives, as they always have been in the provision of higher education. The video offers a quick shot of the PSA model. Together they are meant to aid in the conceptualization of this viable alternative to the HEI model we all now labour and suffer under.
You are invited to explore alternative higher education models. The professional and co-operative models I develop treat academics as entrepreneurs, not institutional employees. These alternatives are original and do not rely on the increased use of technology, public funding or venture capitalism; while they offer the possibility of sustainable, high quality, affordable, accessible, and equitable academic service. Consider the Professional Model: http://bit.ly/NewTenderForHE
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
From Scarlet Adjunct to Professional Academic
I recently read a piece by Sara Tatyana
Bernstein on the Inside Higher Education site, entitled, “Portrait of a Budget Cut.” (January 15, 2018) It describes her experience with the instability and
lose of employment common to the current higher education institution (HEI)
model for higher education (HE), especially for adjuncts of which she is a Scarlet
A member.
Bernstein’s piece identifies several personal
pain points that the PSA model can address:
Saturday, January 20, 2018
By the Numbers - Key Data for the PSA Model
I have been updating some of the numbers that support the
PSA model. I decided to post my calculation document in raw form. The numbers
speak for themselves, but I’ll provide a little elaboration.
All calculations are based on 2015 data for the public sector of US higher education (HE) and are given in averages and full time equivalent (FTE) measures, unless otherwise stated. The data sources are the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the College Board (CB). Calculations do not include weighting for 2-year vs. 4-year institutions or undergraduate vs. graduate level of study.
All calculations are based on 2015 data for the public sector of US higher education (HE) and are given in averages and full time equivalent (FTE) measures, unless otherwise stated. The data sources are the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the College Board (CB). Calculations do not include weighting for 2-year vs. 4-year institutions or undergraduate vs. graduate level of study.
Saturday, January 6, 2018
PSA: Man + Machine + Model
In their bestselling book, The Second Machine Age (2MA), MIT Professors Brynjolfsson and McAfee, invite “more novel and radical ideas – more ‘out-of-the-box thinking’ – to deal with the consequences of technological progress.” (pg.245-246)
We’re interested
I hearing which ideas you like best, and others you would like to suggest.
Contact us at www.SecondMachineAge.com
to share your insights. (pg.247)
Here is my offering, from an area of
interest to me – the global crisis in higher education.
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