This document presents a systems theory approach to post-secondary education. Terms such as entropy, energy, and "essergy" together with the laws of thermodynamics are applied to educational concepts. A philosophical approach with interspersed quotations from Hegel, Korzybski, and Adelman is used to design a new educational paradigm based upon "Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolution." The sections of the document outline the dynamics of education, the three basic needs of man, a systematic approach to a systems approach, educational systems and general systems theory, adoption of a new paradigm, the cost benefit model, energy, entropy, the second law of thermodynamics "essergy," objections and alternatives to a general systems theory approach (to education), personal entropy minimization, individual versus collective entropy reduction, education for the future, and evolution and education. The document includes flow charts, diagrams, and mathematical formulas, together with a 47-item bibliography. (KP)