Postbaccalaureate futures : new markets, resources, credentials / edited by Kay J. Kohl and Jules B. LaPidus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kohl, Kay Jordan, 1940-

LaPidus, Jules B.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

American Council on Education/Oryx Press series on higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States--Graduate work--Congresses.

Universities and colleges.

Continuing education--United States--Congresses.

Continuing education.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Universities and colleges--Graduate work.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 2000.

Summary:

In today's knowledge-based global economy, continuous learning has become essential to ensuring a productive, competitive workforce. Confronted with both a growing demand for postbaccalaureate learning opportunities and increased competition, higher education institutions are developing new strategies. Institutions are pooling their resources, adopting new technologies, developing modularized curricula, focusing on quality assurance, and creating new credentials. Postbaccalaureate Futures explores the nature of the demand for postbaccalaureate learning and how this demand is influencing higher education generally--its financing, quality assurance, use of technology in teaching and learning, and public perceptions of the academy.

Contents:

Introduction: Postbaccalaureate Education

A Work in Progress / Kay J. Kohl, Jules B. LaPidus xiii

Part 1 Emerging Markets for Postbaccalaureate Education 1

Chapter 1 Postbaccalaureate and Graduate Education: A Dynamic Balance / Jules B. LaPidus 3

Chapter 2 The Postbaccalaureate Learning Imperative / Kay J. Kohl 10

Chapter 3 Investing in Learning Companies / Howard Marc Block 31

Chapter 4 The Knowledge Supply Chain: The Logical Extension to Success / Stephen M. Mitchell, James D. Van Erden, Kenneth P. Voytek 47

Part 2 Strategies for Extending Learning Resources in an Information Age 73

Chapter 5 Tangled Web(s): The Rise of the Absent-Networked Professor and "The Translucent University" / Michael Schrage 75

Chapter 6 Financing Postbaccalaureate Education in an Age of Telecommunicated Learning / Michael B. Goldstein 82

Chapter 7 Risk, Tribe, and Lore: Envisioning Digital Libraries for Postbaccalaureate Learning / Peter Lyman 102

Part 3 Creating and Credentialing High-Quality Learning 119

Chapter 8 Recasting Postbaccalaureate Programs as Learning Systems / Alan R. Bassindale, Sir John Daniel 121

Chapter 9 Assessing the Quality of Postbaccalaureate Learning in the New Higher Education Marketplace / Steven D. Crow 136

Chapter 10 Certification for Employability: What's New? / Alice J. Irby 151

Chapter 11 Intravenous Learning / Donald N. Langenberg 181

Part 4 Balancing the Private and Public Good 189

Chapter 12 Research Universities in Transition / Myles Brand 191

Chapter 13 Demand for Postbaccalaureate Education in a Knowledge-Driven Research Environment / David G. Burnett 207

Chapter 14 Higher Education's Changing Contours: The Policy Implications of an Emerging System / Patrick M. Callan, Joni E. Finney 216

Chapter 15 Postbaccalaureate Futures: Where Do We Go from Here? / Kay J. Kohl, Jules B. LaPidus 231

Appendix 1 Certificate Program Snapshots / Wayne Patterson 239

Appendix 2 Creating Postbaccalaureate Programs to Meet Workforce Needs: Participating Institutions 254

Appendix 3 "Postbaccalaureate Futures" Colloquium Participants 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1573563609

OCLC:

43323770