35. A proposal: Corporate colleges
• Move the bulk of learning to the workplace
• Treat education as a profit center instead of a charity
• Emphasize experiential as well as academic learning
• Prepare people for jobs by helping them do those jobs
• Break academia’s monopoly over granting credits
• Fund higher education by the private sector
• Assess learning through demonstrating the skill in lieu of paper and pencil testing
• Make work-study programs the norm instead of the exception
• Pay students to attend instead of charging them
• Slash delivery costs by flipping the classroom
• Use OER, YouTube, and other online media to present mainstream content
• Tailor learning opportunities to people’s career goals and aspirations
• Involve managers as mentors and learning coaches
• Replace courses as the measure of learning with demonstrated proficiency
• Make workload variable; some might complete the equivalent of a BA in five years,
others in twelve
• Eliminate terminal degrees
42. Creativity, ingenuity, and
originality
Curiosity and interest in
the world
Love of learning
Bravery and valor
Humor and playfulness
Gratitude
Hope
Spirituality
Open-Mindedness
Perspective
Persistence
Appreciation of Beauty and
Excellence
Love
Kindness
Social Intelligence
Citizenship
Fairness
Leadership
Forgiveness and mercy
Humility/Modesty
Prudence
Self-Regulation
Integrity
Vitality Flow
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