Change: Now's our chance?

In a time such as this, when it's truly clear for once that things must change, you can't turn around without hearing loud calls for change and loud change-rakers.

Here are a couple thought-provoking "change we must" pieces from the week's higher ed news.

End the University as We Know It
Mark C. Taylor, chair of the department of religion at Columbia
April 27 New York Times

(and a reasonable response from Dean Dad at Inside Higher Ed)

In a Time of Crisis, Colleges Ought to Be Making History
Goldie Blumenstyk
May 1 Chronicle of Higher Education