"Higher Education in 2050: A Tale of Four Futures?" While many of have been focused on rebuilding the existing public university system, most of the rest of the world has moved on. This talk examines the existing university model in its decline along with three alternative that have been developed by different groups with different interests. All three alternative models build on existing trends by moving much of higher learning outside of the university. I'll compare these models. Then we can discuss their strengths and weaknesses - and where we would like to see higher education go from there.