Higher Education in 2040 : A Global Approach /
Since the Middle Ages, universities have displayed impressive resourcefulness in their ability to adapt to the changing dynamics and demands of their times. But in the last fifty years, the landscape of higher education - with the emergence of online and mass education, skyrocketing tuition, and a c...
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Baltimore, Maryland :
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2019
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction: a sinking ship?
- pt. 1. Ancient problems and modern dilemmas
- The idea of a university
- A history of secularization and democratization
- Grappling with change
- Rising costs, selection and governments in retreat
- On size, bureaucracy and distrust
- The successes and failures of the entrepreneurial university
- Under the spell of production and quality
- pt. 2. The key factors in the coming decades
- The key trends
- The economy determines the future
- Urbanization and global knowledge hubs in 2040
- Information technology as a disruptive force
- Digital or campus teaching?
- The labour market and lifelong learning
- The civic university
- pt. 3. Contours of the university of the future
- Quid durat?
- The need for legitimization
- Old and new core values
- The government and the higher education system of the future
- The global university and the knowledge ecosystem of the future
- How will the comprehensive research university survive?
- The curriculum of the future
- Conclusion: the transition to 2040
- Bibliography.