In the next thirty years, a whirlwind of creative destruction will buffet higher education as many employers stop demanding college credentials, learning becomes “unbundled,” and subject-area mastery supplants the credit hour. This essay predicts that we are about to experience a burst of educational innovation that will force most institutions either to adapt to a far more consumer-driven marketplace or wither away.

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