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Higher Education's Road to Relevance
Navigating Complexity
Susan A. Ambrose (Author), Laura A. Wankel (Author)
9781119568384, Wiley
Hardback, published 10 February 2020
320 pages
23.4 x 16 x 3.3 cm, 0.522 kg
Explores the current context, role, and challenges of post-secondary education and presents options for promising pathways forward. The post-secondary educational system has undergone dramatic changes and experienced immense stress in the past two decades. Once regarded as the logical next step toward career opportunities and financial security, higher education is a subject of growing uncertainty for millions of people across the United States. It is more common than ever to question the return on investment, skyrocketing cost, and student debt burden of going to college. Prospective students, and many employers, increasingly view attending institutions of higher learning as inadequate preparation for entering the 21st century workforce. High-profile scandals—financial impropriety, sexual abuse, restrictions of free speech, among others—have further eroded public trust. In response to these and other challenges, leading voices are demanding strengthened accountability and measurable change. Higher Education's Road to Relevance illustrates why change is needed in post-secondary education and offers practical solutions to pressing concerns. The authors, internationally recognized experts in college-level teaching and learning innovation, draw heavily from contemporary research to provide an integrative approach for post-secondary faculty, staff, and administrators of all levels. This timely book helps readers identify the need for leadership in developing new networks and ecosystems of learning and workforce development. This valuable book will help readers: Higher Education's Road to Relevance is a much-needed resource for college and university administrators, academic researchers, instructors and other faculty, and staff who support and interact with students.
Acknowledgments vii About the Authors ix Introduction 1 1 Exploring Challenges and Opportunities: Setting the Context for Change 5 Introduction 6 Growing Public Concern 8 Radically Changing Employment Landscape 37 Expanding Learner Base and Changing Learner Needs 53 Conclusion 65 References 66 2 Leveraging Complexity: Illuminating Compelling Outcomes 88 Introduction 89 Address the World’s Political, Economic, and Social Challenges 93 Reflect the Human Experience and Imagining the Future 98 Respond to Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity (VUCA) 100 Engage a Multigenerational and Multicultural Workforce 104 Continue to Learn in a Workplace Environment 110 Take Control of Their Own Career Development 113 Learn to Work in Human-Robot Partnerships 116 Navigate Access to Expanding Information 123 Become Responsible Citizens of Their Country and the World 128 Design Lives That Achieve Balance, Fulfillment, and Well-Being 131 Conclusion 134 References 136 3 Discovering Possibilities: Designing for the Future 147 Introduction 148 Broaden Perspective 149 Leverage What We Know about How People Learn 162 Change Strategies and Seize Opportunities 168 Align People, Processes, Structures, and Technology 222 Conclusion 234 References 235 4 Charting a Path Forward: Getting Us from Here to There 251 Introduction 251 Embrace Disruption with an Innovative Mindset 253 Employ Systems Thinking 256 Engage Design Thinking 261 Create Skunk Works: An Organizational Approach to Innovation 264 Break the Cycle That Perpetuates Socioeconomic Gaps of Access and Success 266 Reduce Administrative Redundancies 268 Lessen Noise to Enhance Mobility 270 Nurture Transformational Leadership 272 Conclusion 276 References 278 Index 285
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
