Screen LibraryThe abundant university : remaking higher education for a digital world /
"Digital technologies are making the scarcities on which higher education is based disappear. Smith outlines how universities can take advantage of educational abundance to create a system that is more fair and just"--
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The MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Digital technologies are making the scarcities on which higher education is based disappear. Smith outlines how universities can take advantage of educational abundance to create a system that is more fair and just"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780262048552 0262048558 |
| Index Number: | LB2395 |
| CLC: | G64-39 |
| Call Number: | G64-39/S655 |
| Contents: | Preface : scaling the ivory tower -- The unjust university : why it's hard to foster inclusivity in a system based on exclusivity -- The education factory : how we got our current system, and why it's such an expensive, inefficient mess -- Seating arrangements : why limited classroom space leads rich parents to bribe their kids into college -- Masters of none : why we standardize our teaching even though we know our students are unique -- The noisy classroom : what college diplomas signal -- and the resulting distortions -- Open enrollment : why -- at last -- we can do things differently -- The digitally powered ivory tower : how digitization is creating abundance in access and instruction -- Getting down to business : why abundance in access and instruction hasn't changed higher education -- Structural disruption : why big changes are at last on the horizon for higher education -- Hello, Google state : the new world of credentialing and skills-based hiring -- Objections, objections : understanding, and getting past, our resistance to change -- The educator's dilemma : a summation -- and a path forward -- for educators. |