Paradigm Shift in University Education: the Alethia University Ago-Iwoye Perspective
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2024-06-15
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Ogundipe, O.T.
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A Paradigm Shift for Higher Education
We are witnessing fundamental and dramatic changes across different areas of our lives. In fact, since the beginning of the 20th century, the rate of change has accelerated in various fields with the term "acceleration of history" more commonly used to describe this phenomenon. This acceleration continues its course today and will intensify as we move deeper into the 21st century. Today, we are living in a world that is constantly transforming. Our ability to adapt and grow is now invaluable, and the idea of a systemic “paradigm shift” across multiple areas has profound implications not only for our personal and professional lives but also for the area I have devoted my entire professional career to: university education.
We are shifting the lens through which we view the world and the new inventions and capabilities being brought to life. For university education, it can lead to a more authentic, fulfilling experience, and greater success for students and learners everywhere. On a personal level, we can take advantage in more meaningful ways of life which has to offer to our day-to-day jobs.
We are continuing to engage discussions about the value of a college degree, credentialing, admissions, university costs, student learning outcomes and success, attainment, paths to employment, and policy issues that still remain unresolved. Just as the leap from Newtonian physics to quantum mechanics revolutionized our understanding of the universe, we should encourage a redefinition of our beliefs and perspectives on higher education. By adjusting and changing perspectives, we should transition from old paradigms to new ones, encouraging groundbreaking viewpoints like moving from a 20th century exclusionary approach to higher education to a truly 21st century inclusionary model where the “getting in, getting through and getting out” framework of linear educational institution can efficiently be substituted, reconsidered, and adapted to provide individual and professional success for all learners globally.
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Paradigm Shift in University Education: the Alethia University Ago-Iwoye Perspective. Being the Lecture delivered at the 1st Matriculation Ceremony of Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye by Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, FNSB, FLS, FAS Immediate Past Vice Chancellor (2017-2022) University of Lagos, Akoka.
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Ogundipe, O.T. (2024). Paradigm shift in University education: the alethia University Ago-Iwoye Perspective. Being the Lecture delivered at tge 1st Matriculation Ceremony of Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye by Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, FNSB, FLS, FAS Immediate Past Vice Chancellor (2017-2022) University of Lagos, Akoka.