Academia next : the futures of higher education /
Alexander, Bryan, 1967-
Academia next : the futures of higher education / Bryan Alexander. - Johns Hopkins paperback edition - xi, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references 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"--
9781421443263 1421443260
2019013424
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Educación superior --Fines y objetivos --Estados Unidos
Universities and colleges--Administration--United States.
Universidades y colegios--Administración
Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
Educación superior --Efecto de las innovaciones tecnológicas en
LA 227.4 / A374a 2022
378.1/010973
Academia next : the futures of higher education / Bryan Alexander. - Johns Hopkins paperback edition - xi, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references 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"--
9781421443263 1421443260
2019013424
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Educación superior --Fines y objetivos --Estados Unidos
Universities and colleges--Administration--United States.
Universidades y colegios--Administración
Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
Educación superior --Efecto de las innovaciones tecnológicas en
LA 227.4 / A374a 2022
378.1/010973