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Higher Education's Road to Relevance

Navigating Complexity
1. Aufl.

von: Susan A. Ambrose, Laura A. Wankel
30,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	20.11.2019
ISBN/EAN:	9781119568407
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	320

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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: <ul> <li>Understand the forces driving change in higher education</li> <li>Develop multiple pathways to create and credential self-directed learners</li> <li>Promote access to flexible, cost-effective, and relevant learning</li> <li>Adapt structures and pedagogies to address issues and overcome challenges</li> <li>Use an inclusive approach that extends to employers, K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, and policy-makers, among others</li> </ul> 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Autorenportrait

Susan A. Ambrose, D.A., Professor of Education and History, is Senior Vice Chancellor for Educational Innovation at Northeastern University. She is an internationally recognized expert in college-level teaching and learning and has conducted workshops and seminars for faculty and administrators throughout the United States and around the world. Laura A. Wankel, EdD, is the Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Educational Innovation at Northeastern University. She has been an active member in NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education at both the regional and national level in a number of leadership positions including Regional Vice President, Executive Committee and Chair of the NASPA Board.

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An integrative approach that offers a promising pathway forward to meet the challenges of today’s post-secondary education Based solidly in research, Higher Education’s Road to Relevance addresses post-secondary education’s myriad changes and immense stresses that have occurred in the past two decades. In today’s complicated world, higher education has become the subject of growing uncertainty. With the ever-growing cost of college and the burden of skyrocketing student debt, it is more common than ever to question the return on investment of a college education. Increasingly, prospective students, and many employers, view attending institutions of higher learning as inadequate preparation for entering the 21st century workforce. The authors make a compelling case for why change is needed in post-secondary education and provide a promising path forward for new networks and ecosystems of learning and workforce development. Rather than taking a university-centric approach, Drs. Ambrose and Wankel see the need for leaders to create and nurture networks and ecosystems that include employers, K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, and policymakers. This approach embraces multiple pathways for creating and credentialing self-directed learners who can meet the needs of a rapidly changing employment, social, and political landscape. The book outlines an integrative approach and provides a roadmap for change with the aim of transforming our institutions of higher learning to better serve our students and communities.