Beyond 2020 envisioning the future of universities in America /

In a world progressing with dizzying acceleration into the Information Age, the slow, measured approach of the traditional university can place administrator, faculty member, and student alike at a disadvantage. To move into this brave new world, the academic animal needs tools. Beyond 2020: Envisio...

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Main Author: Darden, Mary Landon, 1952-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education : Published in partnership with the ACE/American Council on Education, c2009.
Series:American Council on Education series on higher education.
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Summary:In a world progressing with dizzying acceleration into the Information Age, the slow, measured approach of the traditional university can place administrator, faculty member, and student alike at a disadvantage. To move into this brave new world, the academic animal needs tools. Beyond 2020: Envisioning the Future of Universities in America is that tool. Higher education experts in a host of fields project into the future and paint a clear picture of the future university. Nearly two dozen scholars, including James Duderstadt and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, provide the most detailed road map.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 219 p.) : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781607090755 (electronic)
1607090759 (electronic)