Robert Torricelli: “I rise today to bring to your attention an editorial written by Dr. Harold (Hal) Raveche, president of Stevens Institute…”

“I rise today to bring to your attention an editorial written by Dr. Harold (Hal) Raveche, president of Stevens Institute of Technology that appeared in the Boston Sunday Globe on February 18, 2001. Dr. Raveche is a highly respected academician. His recent Boston Globe editorial discusses the need to change our higher education system to reflect the changing dynamics of a high technology driven New Economy. Stevens is already teaching its students in a unique, different way called ``Technogenesis.'' I ask unanimous consent that Dr. Raveche's editorial be printed in the Record and urge my colleagues to give it thoughtful consideration. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: If High Schools can Change, Then why not Colleges? Higher Education Largely the Same, Despite Technology Advances (By Harold J. Raveche) College freshmen right out of high school are discovering an amazing contradiction once they cross the threshold into higher education: Colleges are far more expensive to attend, yet offer an education style that is out of date and not even up to par with what these kids experienced in high school. President Bush's first week in office was dubbed education week. If this is truly the case, his administration should see that American colleges are offering students a century-old model of education, still powered by complacency and resistance to change, that lost its relevance nearly 30 years ago.…”