The great upheaval : higher education's past, present, and uncertain future /
Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt.
- xvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Where you look determines what you see -- Looking backward -- The industrial revolution and the transformation of America -- Criticism, denial, and innovation -- New models and diffusion -- Standardization, consolidation, and scaling -- Transformation -- Looking forward -- A demographic sea change -- An emerging knowledge economy -- A technological revolution -- Adaptation -- Looking sideways -- The music industry -- The film industry -- The newspaper industry -- Disruption -- Looking at the panorama -- What will change? -- How and when will change occur? -- What should higher education and policy makers do?
"In forecasting the future of higher education in the United States, the authors conduct a 360-degree survey that looks backward, forward, and sideways to explore how other business sectors have weathered seismic transformations"--
9781421442570 (hardcover) 1421442574 (hardcover)
2021003075
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States. Education, Higher--History.--United States Educational change--United States. Educación superior --Fines y objetivos --Estados Unidos Educación superior--Historia --Estados Unidos Cambio educativo--Estados Unidos