"Challenge and Change". George L. Mehaffy. EDUCAUSE Review, september 5, 2012

George L. Mehaffy es el vice presidente para "Academic Leadership and Change" de la American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) de los EE.UU. En este reciente artículo de la EDUCAUSE Review expone su visión sobre los "seis desafíos que yacen en el centro de la innovadora disrupción que afronta la educación superior":

1. Modelo de universidad
2. Modelo estructural
3. Modelo de financiación
4. Modelo de costes
5. Modelo de negocio
6. Modelo de éxito

El artículo concluye con una llamada a la transformación "desde dentro" de la universidad antes de que el cambio "se la lleve por delante".

Can we transform ourselves before we are disrupted? Higher education institutions have a confusion of purposes, distorted reward structures, limited success, high costs, massive inefficiencies, and profound resistance to change. Surviving—indeed, thriving—in this new era is not an issue of technology, even though technology has been a powerful driver of change. Ultimately, the issue for traditional higher education is one of culture. Can we learn to embrace change?

The rules for this new era are easy to state: Examine every practice, every assumption. Be guided by data, not habit. Constantly collaborate. Innovate wherever possible. Develop a welcoming attitude to change. And never be satisfied with the status quo. Following these rules will be more difficult. But disruption happens most often to the unprepared.

En conjunto, el texto es una buena muestra de los argumentos y la lógica del pensamiento neoliberal sobre la "crisis programada" de la universidad norteamericana.