Songs in the shower...everyone's a great singer until they get on stage

Don't you hate it when someone really smart and famous steals your ideas!  And has the audacity to write them in a book?  It's like singing in the shower - I am a great shower singer, but my stage is just that small.  No one would, or probably should listen to my shower singing.  However, Mr. Khan has clearly hit upon a major future-forward idea here and even though I have been saying this in various meetings for a year or so, it's like singing in the shower for me.  Regardless, I think his comments are right on target and as is usual for his commentary, it is spot on.  Besides, he's apparently a much better singer!

Credentialing and teaching.  What should we hold and what should we drop as universities and colleges?  Read this small paragraph, excerpted from today's Chronicle of Higher Education website, in a story by Alisha Azevedo, to get a flavor for this idea.

Khan Academy Founder Proposes a New Type of College - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

In the book, Mr. Khan also advocates for a separation of universities’ teaching and credentialing roles, arguing that if students could take internationally recognized assessments to prove themselves, the playing field would be leveled between students pursuing different forms of higher education. Although students would not be graded in the imagined university he describes, they would compile a portfolio of their work and assessments from their mentors.