The idea of the digital university
Subtitle: ancient traditions, disruptive technologies and the battle for the soul of higher education
By: Frank Bryce McCluskey, Melanie Lynn Winter
Contributors: Winter, Melanie Lynn
Publisher: Westphalia Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781935907985
Subjects: Higher Education; Effect of technological innovations on; Internet in education; Computer-assisted instruction; Administration; Educational technology; Educational change; Philosophy; History
Description: "It is widely believed that college is not what it used to be. Politicians are calling for a full-scale overhaul of higher education. The public is losing its confidence in higher education. It is argued that American higher education is in crisis. The authors, who together have spent more than 70 years in higher education, are optimistic about the future of the university with one caveat. The university must come to grips with the way the digital revolution has changed the acquisition, storage and transmission of information. Can the university adapt to these changes and still remain true to its essential mission? This book provides a blueprint of how to do both" -- p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new kind of university; title: A new script for work, play and education; title: Is higher education experiencing a crisis?; title: Medieval Europe to Colonial America to land-grant universities; title: The twentieth and twenty-first centuries; title: The quarrel between the ancients and moderns; title: The professor as craftsman in the digital age; title: Diversity and oversight in higher education; title: Academic freedom, governance and change; title: Digital fingerprints; title: Rethinking college structure and governance for the digital age; title: Big data and the future of higher education; title: The changing roles of registrars and librarians; title: Tradition versus disruption and the birth of online education; title: How traditional non-profits and modern, online for-profits can find a balance that satisfies administrators, faculty and students; title: A core curriculum in today's digital age based on traditional philosophies; title: The economics of higher education; title: The major elements and essence of the digital university.