Moving higher education to its next stage
Subtitle: a new set of societal challenges, a new stage of life, and a call to action for universities
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria
Contributors: Khurana, Rakesh, 1967-; Nohria, Nitin, 1962-; Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 06-021; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 06-021
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Description: This paper describes a new model for universities: a third stage of education (beyond undergraduate and graduate/professional schools) to prepare experienced leaders, in the period of their lives once called "retirement," for service activities addressing societal problems. This white paper is a proposal for universities to develop what could be the next great innovation in American (and global) higher education, on par with the creation of the modern graduate and professional school in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. It is a vision rooted in the notion that the purpose of the university is to serve society, and societal change demands innovation.
Notes: "October 25, 2005"--Added t.p.

Includes bibliographical references.