Read Abelard to Apple if interested in higher education innovation

Abelard to Apple is an excellent book about higher education innovation.  Professor DeMillo, Georgia Tech professor and HP’s first CTO, writes in the preface that this book began as a five-page memo and expanded into a book.  The book has this wandering “… and another thing” feel to it.  This framework provides an excellent survey of innovation in higher education starting with the first European colleges in the Middle Ages and ending up with MOOC’s.  A very helpful read for those thinking about the current innovation wave in higher education who believe that to understand where we are heading, it is important to understand where we’ve been.  The book will stimulate questions about the continued dominance of the American higher education system compared to more nimble, international competitors not weighed down with the baggage of the past. I learned a lot.