Academia next : the futures of higher education / Bryan Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Bryan, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

United States.

Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Administration.

Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.

Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Physical Description:

xi, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Trends

Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear

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 2035

Back to the Present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781421436425

1421436426

OCLC:

1090854157