Beyond 2020
Envisioning the Future of Universities in America
Contributions by Alexander W. Astin, Helen Astin, Jay Box, Technical College System, President Emerita Vivian Bull, John Carmody, Robert C. Cloud, Karen Fox, H Stephen Gardner, Larry Gerber, Randy Livingston, Daniel McGee, Andrew L. Meyer, James G. Neal University Librarian Emeritus, Columbia University, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg president emeritus, The George Washington University, President William Underwood, Claire Van Ummersen, Ronald Vanden Dorpel, President Nancy L. Zimpher Edited by Mary Landon Darden
Publication date:
16 February 2009Length of book:
240 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
240x161mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781607090731
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 yet to the perils and promise of the Information Age—as it directly applies to academia.
This is a collection of refreshingly frank opinions and observations from forward-thinking experts on the front lines with the best views on how to prepare the healthiest possible institution of tomorrow. It is something akin to an academic prophesy, but grounded in the expertise of a combined several centuries' worth of higher education experience.
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 yet to the perils and promise of the Information Age—as it directly applies to academia.
This is a collection of refreshingly frank opinions and observations from forward-thinking experts on the front lines with the best views on how to prepare the healthiest possible institution of tomorrow. It is something akin to an academic prophesy, but grounded in the expertise of a combined several centuries' worth of higher education experience.
Mary Darden's book Beyond 2020, is a must-read for those who have an interest in education. It is poignant, without question, and informative. Anyone who reads Beyond 2020 is going to have a different understanding of education than they had prior to reading it.