Education distribution over a wide range is currently a hard task due to lockdowns and school closures because of the ongoing pandemic. It is now high time to make effort in coming up with post-pandemic strategies dedicated towards education dispersion to ensure that the education sector is not fully paralyzed by the pandemic.
According to Professor Galloway, the higher education industry is among industries that will be challenged when adapting to the new normal. Professor Galloway references John F. Kennedy when he said: “In a crisis, there is opportunity.”
At this time of the pandemic, the greatest challenge will be the inability to maintain a value scheme that will be reasonable in a broadcast and digital economy, in which speed, scale, and personalization are greatly needed.
In this post, I share some suggestions on how to tackle the post-pandemic Dispersion in education.
A Marshal plan
The US requires a marshal plan which will involve partnering with states. This will help to dramatically maximize the number of positions at state schools while minimizing the expenses required for four-year universities and also junior colleges.
A marshal plan will enable a large number of students to acquire a high level of education. In the state schools, the students will be exposed to a wide range of cultures, amazing opportunities like scholarships, they will have incredibly experienced professors and they get to interact with other people.
Taxing
Taxing private K-12 students should be done to supplement K-12 public education. This will ensure that even students from families of low income can access quality education from public institutions by making it cheaper for them due to government support. If an institution does not grow freshman seats at 1.5 times the rate of population growth, endowments over $1 billion should also be taxed.
Opening of tuition-free universities
Technology firms are advised to get into great business opportunities so that they can be able to open tuition-free universities that are in line with their brand and their technological expertise to come up with certificate programs. This will create a learning opportunity for many learners to access education.
Making Gap years a norm
A gap year should not be considered an exception, but a norm. This will help about 90% of students who defer and take a gap year, to go back to college and have an opportunity to graduate with better grades. As it is, many students will stand a chance to learn, which would otherwise be impossible with gap year as an exception.
Increase variety and efficiency of certificate programs.
With extended variety and efficiency of certificate programs, workers in industries that are not doing well will be retained and positions of young professionals will also be retained for a beneficial entrepreneurial profession.
Re-evaluation of tenure
Tenures should be re-evaluated by a dean of a top 10 school who will work as a class traitor so that there can be a limit in cases where it is truly needed in order to secure academic freedom, instead of the high costing and innovation- discouraging employment perk it has grown to be.
With the recommendations above put into use, the post-pandemic dispersion in education will be well employed and many learners will benefit as they should have been in the education system had not been interrupted.
- Vala Afshar (2021), Professor Scott Galloway: The great dispersion and future of higher education. ZDnet.com
- Scott Galloway (2020), The Great Dispersion. profgalloway.com