Universities have fallen, and they can’t get up.
Across the US, we believe that universities reinforce inequality more than they dismantle it. High tuition fees, growing labor disputes on campus, and a diploma-based system that creates value through scarcity all add up to injustice. Luckily, there is an affordable, educational response team standing by at your local library. Both academic and public libraries are empowered to provide free access and knowledge to a wide community, and this is far more progressive that what universities are doing on their own.
So, are libraries a better model for the future of education than universities?
We’re going to debate this topic in a hyper-participatory debate exercise called “4-Chairs”. After that, we’ll map what libraries can/can’t/should/shouldn't do to become stronger leaders in the field of education, and introduce a few free tools and methodologies that may help you achieve your library learning goals.
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