Meet Kinsley.
She's about 6 months old.
No, she's not mine. I borrowed her.
I wanted to sit her down and ask her what she thought about the future of higher education and what college would be like when she attends in 18 years.
She didn't have much to say.
So, I started to think about when I was 6 months old and how much higher education has changed since then.
When I was 6 months old ...
- Students only submitted paper applications with long essays to schools; now they can do it electronically and don't even need essays half the time
- Students found out where their friends were going by asking around; now students make friends via Facebook groups before they even set foot on campus
- TV commercials for schools were super expensive and required giant cameras; now we make our commercials with digital cameras that weigh 10 pounds or less, and we can even record commercials ourselves and upload them to YouTube
- Majors like "computer science" were just beginning to gain in popularity or exist; now, using a computer is a part of every course offered
- Students registered for courses by standing in line for hours with paper in hand; now, you can do it online in the comfort of your home
- Students had to either live on campus or commute school to take courses; now, you can live in another country and take courses via distance-learning
Note that this post is a two-parter, a "to be continued" if you will. The good Lord willing, I will try to check back in 18 years with Kinsley and see what she has to say about education. I imagine it will be more than "maa!", which is about all she could muster this time.
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Yeah that's pretty crazy how far everything has come. What really blows my mind is how EVERYTHING has changed in the last ten years although it was essentially the same for over a hundred years. I'll let that sink in for a second...
Just like that we do everything different now and it's constantly evolving. Email isn't even that fun and exciting anymore.
I know, Kyle, I could easily have written that post about what life was like when I was in high school versus now. When we go there for the focus groups, everyone has cell phones. One kid even had an iPhone! Man, I felt lame after that day.
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