Academia Next : The Futures of Higher Education /
Alexander, Bryan, 1967-
Academia Next : The Futures of Higher Education / Bryan Alexander. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear -- Part I. Trends -- 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 2040 -- Back to the Present.
"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"--
9781421436432
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Universities and colleges--Administration.--United States
Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
Electronic Books.
LA227 / .A233 2020
Academia Next : The Futures of Higher Education / Bryan Alexander. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear -- Part I. Trends -- 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 2040 -- Back to the Present.
"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"--
9781421436432
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Universities and colleges--Administration.--United States
Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
Electronic Books.
LA227 / .A233 2020