{"id":14329,"date":"2015-02-10T04:40:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T04:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/gjmueller-higher-education-is-not-a-mixtape-that\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T18:13:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T01:13:07","slug":"gjmueller-higher-education-is-not-a-mixtape-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/gjmueller-higher-education-is-not-a-mixtape-that\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14329 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/gjmueller-higher-education-is-not-a-mixtape-that\/attachment\/14330\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_njihrpobTx1qc17oko1_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inthecloud.gjmueller.com\/post\/110572456657\/higher-education-is-not-a-mixtape-that-aside-its\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">gjmueller<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2015\/01\/higher-education-is-not-a-mixtape\/384845\/\"><b>Higher Education Is Not a Mixtape<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>That aside, it\u2019s a fantasy that higher education is careening toward an unbundled future of consumer choice,<br \/>\nlower prices, and efficiency. Those making such predictions are peddling<br \/>\n flawed analogies, while the technology they rely on is flawed. They<br \/>\njust don\u2019t understand the economics of higher education. <\/p>\n<p>Higher-education consumers\u2014students and parents\u2014behave<br \/>\nexactly the opposite: They shop for schools, not for professors. The<br \/>\nconsumer choice is for the bundler\u2014the brand, the label, university\u2014and<br \/>\nnot the individual course content. Consumers buy Stanford or Princeton<br \/>\nin a way no one ever bought EMI or Universal. College data underlines<br \/>\nthis reality. For example, the 2012 UCLA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heri.ucla.edu\/monographs\/theamericanfreshman2012.pdf\">annual survey<\/a><br \/>\n of incoming college freshmen found that nearly two-thirds said \u201ca very<br \/>\ngood academic reputation\u201d was \u201cvery important\u201d in their decision on<br \/>\nwhich college to attend.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>image via flickr:CC |  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/listenmissy\/\">Listen Missy!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gjmueller: Higher Education Is Not a Mixtape That aside, it\u2019s a fantasy that higher education is careening toward an unbundled future of consumer choice, lower prices, and efficiency. Those making such predictions are peddling flawed analogies, while the technology they rely on is flawed. They just don\u2019t understand the economics of higher education. 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