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Wendy Purcell shares about rethinking higher education on episode 207 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I think you’re seeing that universities now are needing to be much more connected to the society we serve.
—Wendy Purcell
You really will be learning throughout your life.
—Wendy Purcell
The very best education should transform you.
—Wendy Purcell
You are supporting transformation of people, and through people, transformation of society at large.
—Wendy Purcell
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
—Socrates
To an unprecedented extent, universities must partner with government, business, and civil society to take on the grand challenges of sustainable development that lie ahead.
—Jeff Sachs
If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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