{"375781":{"#nid":"375781","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Future of Universities: The Digital Degree","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFROM Oxford\u2019s quads to Harvard Yard and many a steel and glass palace of higher education in between, exams are giving way to holidays. As students consider life after graduation, universities are facing questions about their own future. The higher-education model of lecturing, cramming and examination has barely changed for centuries. Now, three disruptive waves are threatening to upend established ways of teaching and learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn one front, a funding crisis has created a shortfall that the universities\u2019 brightest brains are struggling to solve. Institutions\u2019 costs are rising, owing to pricey investments in technology, teachers\u2019 salaries and galloping administrative costs. That comes as governments conclude that they can no longer afford to subsidise universities as generously as they used to. American colleges, in particular, are under pressure: some analysts predict mass bankruptcies within two decades.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-09 18:19:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:52","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"back-to-school","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/briefing\/21605899-staid-higher-education-business-about-experience-welcome-earthquake-digital","dateline":{"date":"2014-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}