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Thursday, May 01, 2003
Chapter Two: New Beginnings - Kenneth C. Green, Syllabus
With anger or amusement (or both), many in the campus community will recall management sage Peter Drucker's dire predictions for traditional higher education. Interviewed by Forbes magazine in March 1997, Drucker proclaimed that "universities won't survive … higher education is in deep crisis … the college campus won't survive as a residential institution … today's [campus] buildings are hopelessly unsuited and totally unneeded.".... And today? The British invasion failed; Fathom has folded. Cal Virtual has vanished, as have most of the dotcoms that seemed so promising. Gone are the great aspirations, high hopes, and the billion bucks (maybe more) that fueled these efforts and initiatives. And yet, on the horizon, there is evidence that some campus and corporate dotcoms are experiencing a Phoenix-like rise from the ashes of their highly publicized demise.
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