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For Innovation to Occur, Colleges Need a Big Push, Scholars Say

A diverse array of scholars gathered here on Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute for a conference on "Reinventing the American University: The Promise of Innovation in Higher Education." There is, of course, no shortage of material on that theme, but the speakers at Thursday’s meeting gamely tried to say something new.

The structural incentives within higher education "seem to push against innovation," said Dominic J. Brewer, an associate dean and professor of urban leadership and education at the University of Southern California. "They seem to push toward mimicry."

By David Glenn

Full Story: http://chronicle.com/article/For-Innovation-to-Occur/65780/

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In Search of Innovators

Higher education researchers collectively lamented the barriers to real innovation at colleges and universities here Thursday, while acknowledging that precious few agreed-upon strategies for transformational change have gained any real foothold within the “industry.”

Jack Stripling

Full Story: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/04/aei

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