Dive Summary:
- In a Forbers interview, Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Raymund Paredes identifies growing tuition costs, structural inefficiency and lowering college completion rates as the chief contributors to an education bubble.
- Salman Khan, founder of the educational video website Khan Academy, points out that there is a mismatch of skills taught at school and those desired in today's job market.
- Both Dr. Raymund and Salman Khan look to technology and online video learning as a way to provide better quality education to more people at a lower cost.
From the article:
Many media have finally recognized the education bubble and the potential that it may hurt our economy more than the housing bubble. However, two experts in the field of education know this and are trying to change the way we see education – Dr. Raymund Paredes and Salman Khan. ...