Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable
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Overview
A report from the front lines of higher education and technology that chronicles efforts to transform teaching, learning, and opportunity.
Colleges and universities have become increasingly costly, and, except for a handful of highly selective, elite institutions, unresponsive to twenty-first-century needs. But for the past few years, technology-fueled innovation has begun to transform higher education, introducing new ways to disseminate knowledge and better ways to learnall at lower cost. In this impassioned account, Richard DeMillo tells the behind-the-scenes story of these pioneering efforts and offers a roadmap for transforming higher education. Building on his earlier book, Abelard to Apple , DeMillo argues that the current system of higher education is clearly unsustainable. Colleges and universities are in financial crisis. Tuition rises inexorably. Graduates of reputable schools often fail to learn basic skills, and many cannot find suitable jobs. Meanwhile, student-loan default rates have soared while the elite Ivy and near-Ivy schools seem remote and irrelevant.
Where are the revolutionaries who can save higher education? DeMillo's heroes are a small band of innovators who are bringing the revolution in technology to colleges and universities. DeMillo chronicles, among other things, the invention of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) by professors at Stanford and MIT; Salman Khan's Khan Academy; the use of technology by struggling historically black colleges and universities to make learning more accessible; and the latest research on learning and the brain. He describes the revolution's goals and the entrenched hierarchical system it aims to overthrow; and he reframes the nature of the contract between society and its universities. The new institutions of a transformed higher education promise to demonstrate not only that education has value but also that it has valuesvirtues for the common good.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780262533614 |
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Publisher: | MIT Press |
Publication date: | 03/03/2017 |
Series: | The MIT Press |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 360 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword Andrew J. Young xi
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction 1
Part I Revolution 19
1 Map of the World 21
2 Shifting Landscape 41
3 Levity, Brevity, and Repetition 63
4 Technology Curves 83
5 Internet Scale 107
Part II Rationale for a Revolution 127
6 Accessibility 129
7 Pyramids 147
8 Rankings 167
9 Institutional Envy 187
Part III Ramparts 203
10 Brands 205
11 Ivory Towers 223
12 Governing in the Age of Internet Empires 245
Part IV A Social Contract 265
Epilogue 279
Appendix 281
Notes 287
References 307
Index 325
What People are Saying About This
The new social contract envisioned by Richard DeMillo in his insightful and arresting new book, Revolution in Higher Education, is one that must be achieved if we are to succeed as a nation. DeMillo makes a compelling argument for the notion that a small band of innovators could generate an entire symphony of outcomes that make higher education more accessible, more affordable, and ultimately more aligned with the growing demand for talent that is shaping our twenty-first-century economy and society.
Revolution in Higher Education is a thorough but readable look into the innovations and tough questions that are poised to alter the higher education landscape. DeMillo makes his case so effectively that when disruption comes, none of us will be able to say we were not warned.
DeMillo makes the case for a real revolution in higher education, which has not changed its format and practices for centuries. Millions will benefit from this transformation.
Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the InternetRevolution in Higher Education is a thorough but readable look into the innovations and tough questions that are poised to alter the higher education landscape. DeMillo makes his case so effectively that when disruption comes, none of us will be able to say we were not warned.
Mitch Daniels, President of Purdue University, and former Governor of IndianaThe new social contract envisioned by Richard DeMillo in his insightful and arresting new book, Revolution in Higher Education, is one that must be achieved if we are to succeed as a nation. DeMillo makes a compelling argument for the notion that a small band of innovators could generate an entire symphony of outcomes that make higher education more accessible, more affordable, and ultimately more aligned with the growing demand for talent that is shaping our twenty-first-century economy and society.
Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO, Lumina FoundationThe new social contract envisioned by Richard DeMillo in his insightful and arresting new book, Revolution in Higher Education, is one that must be achieved if we are to succeed as a nation. DeMillo makes a compelling argument for the notion that a small band of innovators could generate an entire symphony of outcomes that make higher education more accessible, more affordable, and ultimately more aligned with the growing demand for talent that is shaping our twenty-first-century economy and society.
Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO, Lumina FoundationDeMillo makes the case for a real revolution in higher education, which has not changed its format and practices for centuries. Millions will benefit from this transformation.