March 7, 2010
5 Lessons America Can Learn From Asia About Higher Education
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, a former president of the University of Tennessee, recently warned that "As with the auto industry in the 1960s, there are signs of peril within American higher education. In some ways, many colleges and universities are stuck in the past." His warning reminded me of a conversation I had with a Harvard University professor who had visited Japan in the 1980s. He was astonished by how advanced Toyota's manufacturing processes had become. On his return to America,
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