TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alexander,Bryan
TI  - Academia next : : the futures of higher education 
SN  - 9781421443263
AV  - LA 227.4 A374a 2022
U1  - 378.1/010973 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Aims and objectives
KW  - United States
KW  - Educación superior
KW  - Fines y objetivos
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Administration
KW  - Universidades y colegios
KW  - Administración
KW  - Effect of technological innovations on
KW  - Efecto de las innovaciones tecnológicas en
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -