The great upheaval : higher education's past, present, and uncertain future / Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Arthur, author.

Van Pelt, Scott, 1988- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

United States.

Education, Higher--United States--History.

History.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 309 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I LOOKING BACKWARD

1. The Industrial Revolution and the Transformation of America

2. Criticism, Denial, and Innovation

3. New Models and Diffusion

4. Standardization, Consolidation, and Scaling

5. Transformation

pt. 2 Looking Forward

6. A Demographic Sea Change

7. An Emerging Knowledge Economy

8. A Technological Revolution

9. Adaptation

pt. 3 Looking Sideways

10. The Music Industry

11. The Film Industry

12. The Newspaper Industry

13. Disruption

pt. 4 Looking at the Panorama

14. What Will Change?

15. How and When Will Change Occur?

16. What Should Higher Education and Policy Makers Do?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Levine, Arthur, Great upheaval

ISBN:

9781421442570

1421442574

OCLC:

1245343727