A prediction for the future of higher educationJan 20th, 2012
Here is an interesting piece speculating at what education will become by Lawrence H. Summers.
mobile.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/the-21st-century-education.xml
Working in IT, I can see some of this already happening outside of the institutions and a few even begin to adopt the idea of less memorization / more research skill, as well as greater emphasis on collaboration.
Our current education system has a long ways to go to catch up with the digital age it helped create; but Summers offers a bright vision for the future.