| Abstract: | Global demands for tertiary education have been met by a variety of new intellectual entrepreneurs including virtual Megauniversities, corporate universities, and academic ‘brokers'. The coupling of this evolution with the emerging shift to third party evaluation of graduates based on competency, internationally, breaks the hegemony of the traditional post secondary educational institutions. The inter connectivity of the wired world must be seen not only as a link across space, but, more importantly, as a time bridge across generations. Only from this perspective can the tertiary institutions balance their ability to provide long half-life, core or value, knowledge against the more dynamic and changing short half-life knowledge. Traditional roles of academics will split organisationally with a few stellar researchers and lecturers and a majority of faculty becoming mentors. Structured linkages with K-12 institutions and parallel post secondary providers such as corporate universities will change both the structure of the institutions and the role of the ‘scholar' The static ivy covered walls have been breached and post secondary education will become a dynamic and evolving industry. |
