When our social sector is successful at moving our attention and allocating more resources up the chain from data to information toknowledge and towisdom, that will truly be an anecdote worth retelling.
This is the business model metaphor that most closely fits the future of higher ed: MOOCS like CDs and downloads will enable personal learning opportunities at low cost to a large market, while at the same time universities will provide an environment for a smaller audience of undergraduates to gain wisdom as well as knowledge personally from those who create the knowledge.