Revolution in Higher Education Quotes

“Disruption requires an irrational thought: “Why don’t we stop what we are doing now, what we have done well, and what has been profitable to us and useful to our customers, and do this new, untested thing that has a good chance of failing?”
― Richard A. Demillo, Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable

“Even if we wanted to remake higher education,” assert professors and administrators alike, “we don’t think there is anything that can replace what we already have.” Of course, the fact that in the past everyone claimed “this time is different,” does not rule out the possibility that this time really is different.”
― Richard A. Demillo, Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable