Two contrasting futures
Scenario 1: A dark, market-driven future in which strong market forces drive a major restructuring of the higher education enterprise, driving the system toward the mediocrity that has characterized other mass media markets such as television and journalism.
Scenario 2: A society of learning, in which all our citizens are provided with the education and training they need, throughout their lives, whenever, wherever, and however they desire it, at high quality and at an affordable cost.