Our education system is wasting much of the money given to it, just like healthcare.
It is slowly but surely moving to an overhaul similar to healthcare. The signs are the increasing movement towards a focus on outcomes and accountability.
Only 55% of students enrolled in higher education actually graduate. That means taxpayers and society is wasting almost half of every dollar spent on higher education.
We could then discuss the disgusting edifice complex of "more is better" building on campus, the obsolete notion of sabbaticals where faculty spend 14% of their time, and more.
Photo: Obsolete computer lab at University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where we did a seminar last week. Reminded me of Richard Thieme's rendition of "Pencil Labs" to illustrate how computer labs are already out of date.
I agree that computer labs become outdated as soon as they are complete. But in many areas of the US there are many pockets of communities where there are no computers at home, let alone internet access. As a public institution, we are offering access to many who would otherwise suffer as a result of the technology gap.
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