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There is little doubt that higher education is under pressure to transform as outlined succinctly by Heckscher and Martin-Rios. They argue that the “guild” model on which they are built is outlived. The common response in recent times is a shift to an administrative/bureaucratic model to improve efficiency and responsiveness. The authors make an important point by highlighting the inherent paradox of this solution: right as corporations moved away from hierarchy and bureaucracy towards a collaborative model of teamwork, universities would be ill advised to implement a purely administrative solution. Instead, Heckscher and Martin-Rios argue, universities should move from rigid “guild” structures towards a collaborative stakeholder model where customers and suppliers work together to design and deliver a shared educational agenda.