Breakpoint : the changing marketplace for higher education / Jon McGee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGee, Jon, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

United States.

Administration.

Universities and colleges--United States--Planning.

Planning.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Education--Demographic aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--Demographic aspects.

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

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Universities and colleges--Planning.

Physical Description:

xiii, 169 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"The challenges facing colleges and universities today are profound and complex. Fortunately, Jon McGee is an ideal guide through this dynamic marketplace. In Breakpoint, he argues that higher education is in the midst of an extraordinary moment of demographic, economic, and cultural transition that has significant implications for how colleges understand their mission, their market, and their management. Drawing from an extensive assessment of demographic and economic trends, McGee presents a broad and integrative picture of these changes while stressing the importance of decisive campus leadership. He describes the key forces that influence higher education and provides a framework from which trustees, presidents, administrators, faculty, and policy makers can address pressing issues in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Although McGee avoids endorsing one-size-fits-all solutions, he suggests a number of concrete strategies for handling prospective students and developing pedagogical practices, curricular content and delivery, and management structures. Practical and compelling, Breakpoint will help higher education leaders make choices that advance their institutional values and serve their students and the common good for generations to come"-- Provided by publisher.

"Higher education is in the midst of an extraordinary moment of demographic, economic, and cultural transition that has significant implications for how colleges and universities understand their mission, their market, and their management. This book is aimed at creating a practical understanding of key forces changing higher education, but it goes further. It describes those trends, discusses the real life impact of those trends on campuses, and then lays out concrete steps required to address them. Taking a page from George Keller's classic Academic Strategy, management consultant and college administrator Jon McGee uses these economic and demographic trends to inform his strategic approach to managing schools"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 A Liminal Moment 1

2 A Brief History of [Contemporary] Time 8

3 Demographic Disruption 22

4 Economic Disruption 42

5 Cultural Disruption 64

6 No Line on the Horizon 83

7 Toward a New Marketplace 100

8 Reimagine the Future: Think. Different 107

9 Breakpoint 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421418209

1421418207

OCLC:

907657129

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