Higher education in the digital age / William G. Bowen, in collaboration with Kelly A. Lack; with a new foreword by Kevin M. Guthrie

By:

Bowen, William G. (William Gordon), 1933-2016

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2014Description: xxv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780691165592 (paperback)
0691165599 (paperback)

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DDC classification:

378.1/7344678

LOC classification:

LB 2395.7 B786h 2014

Contents:

Part 1. Costs and Productivity in Higher Education. Cost Trends, the "Cost disease," and Productivity in Higher Education Factors Other Than the Cost Disease Pushing Up Educational Costs Affordability Is There a Serious Problem- Even a Crisis? Part 2. Prospects for an Online Fix. Background The Lack of Hard Evidence The Need for Customizable, Sustainable Platforms (or Tool Kits) The Need for New Mindsets and fresh thinking about Decision-Making What Must We Retain? Discussion by Howard Gardner Discussion by John Hennessy William G. Bowen's Responses to discussion session comments by Howard Gardner and John Hennessy Discussion by Andrew Delbanco Discussion by Daphne Koller William G. Bowen's responses to discussion session comments by Andrew Delbanco and Daphne Koller Appendix to the paperback edition

Summary: Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow the rising cost of college and help solve the crisis of affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. Bowen, one of the foremost experts on the intersection of education and economics, explains why he now believes technology has the potential to help rein in costs without negatively affecting student learning

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	LB 2395.7 B786h 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000157472

Originally published in 2012 (hardcopy) as the revised version of the 2012 Tanner Lectures that the author gave at Stanford University. --From preface and acknowledgments

Part 1. Costs and Productivity in Higher Education. Cost Trends, the "Cost disease," and Productivity in Higher Education
Factors Other Than the Cost Disease Pushing Up Educational Costs
Affordability
Is There a Serious Problem- Even a Crisis?
Part 2. Prospects for an Online Fix. Background
The Lack of Hard Evidence
The Need for Customizable, Sustainable Platforms (or Tool Kits)
The Need for New Mindsets
and fresh thinking about Decision-Making
What Must We Retain?
Discussion by Howard Gardner
Discussion by John Hennessy
William G. Bowen's Responses to discussion session comments by Howard Gardner and John Hennessy
Discussion by Andrew Delbanco
Discussion by Daphne Koller
William G. Bowen's responses to discussion session comments by Andrew Delbanco and Daphne Koller
Appendix to the paperback edition

Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow the rising cost of college and help solve the crisis of affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. Bowen, one of the foremost experts on the intersection of education and economics, explains why he now believes technology has the potential to help rein in costs without negatively affecting student learning

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