Here's an interesting article in Fast Company, about CBE in higher education:

This is the Future of College

"Experts say that within the next 10 to 15 years, the college experience will become rapidly unbundled. Lecture halls will disappear, the role of the professor will transform, and technology will help make a college education much more attainable than it is today, and much more valuable. Indeed, a number of institutions may shut down. But those that survive will be innovative and efficient. Here’s what they’ll look like...."