The Great Upheaval: Higher Education's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future - Arthur Levine

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n n How will America's colleges and universities adapt to remarkable technological, economic, and demographic change? n nThe United States is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties. In this great upheaval, the nation's most enduring social institutions are at a crossroads. n nIn The Great Upheaval, Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt examine higher and postsecondary education to see how it has changed to become what it is today--and how it might be refitted for an uncertain future. Taking a unique historical, cross-industry perspective, Levine and Van Pelt perform a 360-degree survey of American higher education. Combining historical, trend, and comparative analyses of other business sectors, they askn n- how much will colleges and universities change, what will change, and how will these changes occur? n- will institutions of higher learning be able to adapt to the challenges they face, or will they be disrupted by them? n- will the industrial model of higher education be repaired or replaced? n- why is higher education more important than ever?n nThe book is neither an attempt to advoc

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