61. Supply Chain Education

I am unabashedly obsessed with the business model of higher education. My contention has been, in many episodes of this podcast, that higher ed needs to pattern itself after the business model that drives the American economy.  A crucial element of this model is the supply chain that takes raw materials and transforms them into finished products that are distributed to end users.  This model applies to everything from baby formula to computer chips.  But how about higher education?  You bet.  In this episode I’ll lay out how raw materials (aka students) are procured and subjected to a variety of processes that are designed to produce  finished products (graduates) that benefit the workplace and society.  I’ll also lay out the weak links in education’s supply chain and what can be done about them. EdUp Insights with Bill Pepicello is part of the EdUp Experience Podcast network