Why our current system of higher education is financially and morally
unsustainable and how to address the crisis with the creative
implementation of digital technologies. For too long, our system of
higher education has been defined by scarcity: scarcity in enrollment,
scarcity in instruction, and scarcity in credentials. In addition to
failing students professionally, this system has exacerbated social
injustice and socioeconomic stratification across the globe. In The
Abundant University, Michael D. Smith argues that the only way to
create a financially and morally sustainable higher education system
is by embracing digital technologies for enrolling, instructing, and
credentialing students—the same technologies that we have seen
create abundance in access to resources in industry after industry.
The Abundant University explains how we got our current system, why
it’s such an expensive, inefficient mess, and how a system based on
exclusivity cannot foster inclusivity. Smith challenges the resistance
to digital technologies that we have already seen among numerous
institutions, citing the examples of faculty resistance toward digital
learning platforms. While acknowledging the understandable
self-preservation instinct of our current system of residential
education, Smith makes a case for how technology can engender greater
educational opportunity and create changes that will benefit students,
employers, and society as a whole.
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Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World
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ISBN
9780262376358
Publisert
2023
Utgiver
Random House Publishing Services
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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