Abstract
Our culture has begun to react to the implications of digital technology for our shared memory and individual privacy in the form of legislation like GDPR. But the culture of higher education---specifically the dominant model of knowledge generation and transmission---stays firmly rooted in the 'bookish' tradition. Honors education was started in response to the changing world in the wake of WWII. Its core principles of engaged learning and individualization of the student experience can lead higher education to embrace the new culture of digital technology-assisted knowledge generation and transmission.
Highlights
In response to the changing world after World War II, two American college presidents published books on the future of higher education in the US
On the other hand, is remembered for his insistence that the entire college environment be directed towards educational change in the student; his legacy includes student governance, internships and co-ops and ‘live-learn’ communities
I believe that honors educators, thanks to the legacy of individualized learning celebrated by Aydelotte and Henderson, have the power to lead this new era, if they are willing to trust our students
Summary
In response to the changing world after World War II, two American college presidents published books on the future of higher education in the US. Both thinkers sought to revolutionize the educational system so that it could lead the technological and cultural changes of the post-war world. We face an analogous set of challenges: a new technological world-order and new forms of mass-education. Unlike Aydelotte and Henderson, we have largely ignored the cultural changes necessary to prepare students for a world unlike the one for which we were prepared.
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