Spread the loveWhen schools compete, who wins? That depends partly on how they compete. In the world of higher education, universities compete for enrollment: more students, and more funding. They compete for prestige: better students, and more acclaimed faculty. They compete for funding: more research, more graduate students. Do they ever compete to solve real world problems. It is easy, amid all the competition for these benchmarks, to forget that the mission of any school–university or otherwise–should be to solve problems, and to teach students to do the same. Solving Problems, or Hogging the Spotlight? You can see the difference … Continue reading Education Should Begin with Problem-Solving