Tag Archives: Undergraduate Education

Rethinking the undergraduate business model

Rethinking the undergraduate business model

Despite clear differences in research intensity, size and age, most of the 20,000 universities in the world share four common assumptions about how they deliver undergraduate education. Students generally attend campus; where fees are being paid, they are paid directly to the university; the default setting remains full-time study and all the credits for a […] … learn more→

Strategic plan\’s academic goal teaches sustainability to students

Penn State’s University Sustainability Council is drafting the University’s first strategic plan for sustainability. The council is seeking public input for five-goal plan during the drafting process. The second goal of Penn State’s Strategic Plan for Sustainability aims to educate students about sustainability. \”Students are requesting more sustainability instruction, aware that employers are seeking to […] … learn more→