The future of MIT undergraduate education: a case study of disruption

On July 28, 2014, MIT released a very important report looking at its future: Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education, Final Report. This, taken with its November 21, 2013 (and more free-wheeling) precursor Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education, Preliminary Report, form one of the most penetrating and visionary self-studies that I have  seen - or thought I would ever see - from a major university. Many of the recommendations put MIT on the path of potentially disrupting its own business model. How MIT got to this point provides an excellent case study of the process by which a higher education institution might accomplish this very difficult transformation.