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Punctuated equilibrium in higher education
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Don Langenberg
The fossil record indicates that biological evolution sometimes occurs in fits and starts, with periods of relatively little change separated by shorter periods of rapid change. They call this "punctuated equilibrium." The historical record suggests that colleges and universities evolve in the same manner, and current events indicate that we are in the midst of an academic punctuation mark. This presentation will explore the implications of this for our institutions, for STEM education, and for physics education in particular. In accordance with Darwin, we can expect that "Only the fittest will survive," and speculation about what the surviving fittest might look like is in order.
2009 PhysTEC Conference
Part of the PhysTEC Annual Conference series Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: March 13-14, 2009
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=8734">Langenberg, Don. "Punctuated equilibrium in higher education." Paper presented at the 2009 PhysTEC Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 13-14, 2009.</a>
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D. Langenberg, , presented at the 2009 PhysTEC Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2009, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8734&DocID=1120).
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Langenberg, D. (2009, March 13-14). Punctuated equilibrium in higher education. Paper presented at 2009 PhysTEC Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Retrieved June 8, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8734&DocID=1120
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Langenberg, Don. "Punctuated equilibrium in higher education." Paper presented at the 2009 PhysTEC Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 13-14, 2009. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8734&DocID=1120 (accessed 8 June 2025).
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Langenberg, Don. "Punctuated equilibrium in higher education." 2009 PhysTEC Conference. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 2009. of PhysTEC Annual Conference. 8 June 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8734&DocID=1120>.
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Author = "Don Langenberg",
Title = {Punctuated equilibrium in higher education},
BookTitle = {2009 PhysTEC Conference},
Address = {Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania},
Series = {PhysTEC Annual Conference},
Month = {March 13-14},
Year = {2009}
}
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