In my last blog, I talked about some of the challenges higher education institutions face to be sustainable. Of course no one has all the answers, but I think it’s important to start asking questions and begin thinking about some of these things. I keep hearing the face of education is changing, but will the…
This topic came up briefly while talking to a few college students the other night at Startup Houston roundtable about whether they felt they were getting their money’s worth, so I thought I’d throw in my two cents. While historically, higher education in America led the way in terms of global leadership and turning a…
Given the chance, most any college student will lecture at length about the steep cost of education, including the price of textbooks and books widely used as textbooks. The typical price of books for one college semester bought through the school store can easily reach $500, and in some cases much more. This has led…
