Campus crisis : how money, technology and policy are changing the American university / James D. Hardy, Jr. and Ann Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardy, James D. (James Daniel), 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Education, Higher.

Computer managed instruction--United States.

Computer managed instruction.

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

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

"An existential necessity in Western culture, universities have stood for 900 years with their institutional structures essentially unchanged. Universities generate an immense amount of research and drive the development of new technologies. On the whole, faculty members teach pretty well and students are learning (at least something), and the challenges of inadequate funding are faced with adequate success"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The legacy of the medieval university

The Americanization of the university experience

Student environments

Courses and curriculum

MOOCs: Technology and money

SCOCs, universities, technology and money

For-profit universities: The American dream redefined

The limitations of reform.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781476629100

1476629102