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U.S. Colleges and Universities Must Take Entrepreneurial Approach to Overcome Challenges – Forget B-School, D-School Is Hot

U.S. Colleges and Universities Must Take Entrepreneurial Approach to Overcome Challenges, According to Kauffman Foundation Report

"College 2.0" showcases ambitious ideas for reinventing higher education, focused on making better use of technology, developing a culture of measurement and performance incentives, and creating smarter regulation.

Faculty should be treated as enablers of innovation and provided incentives such as research funds to encourage development of innovative teaching models. Likewise, state policymakers should give colleges incentives to innovate by offering higher levels of funding to institutions with better student outcomes (and, presumably, more effective curriculum and teaching).

Full Story: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/us-colleges-and-universities-must-take-entrepreneurial-approach-to-overcome-challenges-according-to-kauffman-foundation-report.aspx?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Opticast&utm_campaign=Ideas_At_Work_6_7_2012

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Forget B-School, D-School Is Hot

‘Design Thinking’ Concept Gains Traction as More Programs Offer the Problem-Solving Courses

BY MELISSA KORN AND RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN

Full Story: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303506404577446832178537716.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_careerjournal

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