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Author Alexander, Bryan, 1967- author.

Title Academia next : the futures of higher education / Bryan Alexander
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 331 pages) : illustrations
Contents Part I. Trends. Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear ; Catching the University in Mid-Transformation ; The New Age of Fewer Children and More Inequality ; The Marriage of Carbon and Silicon ; Beyond the Virtual Learning Environment ; Connecting the Dots: Metatrends -- Part 2. Scenarios ; Peak Higher Education ; Health Care Nation ; Open Education Triumphant ; Renaissance ; Augmented Campus ; Tutor Me, Siri ; Retro Campus -- Part 3. To the Future and the Present ; Beyond 2035 ; Back to the Present
Summary "The author argues that the number of higher education institutions in the United States has peaked--that is, has hit the maximum for meeting consumer demand--and he tracks the trends in higher education he sees as the result. His near-future predictions are meant to prepare university administrators who want to anticipate and adapt to shrinking enrollments, reduced public support, and a proliferation of competing technological options for education"-- Provided by publisher
The outlook for the future of colleges and universities is uncertain. Financial stresses, changing student populations, and rapidly developing technologies all pose significant challenges to the nation's colleges and universities. In Academia Next, futurist and higher education expert Bryan Alexander addresses these evolving trends to better understand higher education's next generation. Alexander first examines current economic, demographic, political, international, and policy developments as they relate to higher education. He also explores internal developments within postsecondary schooling, including those related to enrollment, access, academic labor, alternative certification, sexual assault, and the changing library, paying particularly close attention to technological changes. Alexander then looks beyond these trends to offer a series of distinct scenarios and practical responses for institutions to consider when combating shrinking enrollments, reduced public support, and the proliferation of technological options. Arguing that the forces he highlights are not speculative but are already in play, Alexander draws on a rich, extensive, and socially engaged body of research to best determine their likeliest outcomes. It is only by taking these trends seriously, he writes, that colleges and universities can improve their chances of survival. An unusually multifaceted approach to American higher education that views institutions as complex organisms, Academia Next offers a fresh perspective on the emerging colleges and universities of today and tomorrow
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-324) and index
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Subject Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration.
Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on -- United States
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on
Universities and colleges -- Administration
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421436432
1421436434