{"product_id":"academia-next-9781421443263","title":"Academia Next","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the renowned futurist, a look at how current trends will transform American higher education over the next twenty years.   2020 Most Significant Futures Work Award Winner, Association of Professional FuturistsThe outlook for the future of colleges and universities is uncertain. Financial stresses, changing student populations, and rapidly developing technologies all pose significant challenges to the nation's colleges and universities. In Academia Next, futurist and higher education expert Bryan Alexander addresses these evolving trends to better understand higher education's next generation. Alexander first examines current economic, demographic, political, international, and policy developments as they relate to higher education. He also explores internal transformations within postsecondary institutions, including those related to enrollment, access, academic labor, alternative certification, sexual assault, and the changing library, paying particularly close attention to techn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent resource for understanding trends in higher eduction and thinking about future scenarios related to these.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003emichaelpaulus.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcademia Next\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wealth of resources about current challenges and opportunities, highlights two methods (trend analysis and scenario development) that can be used to prepare colleges and universities for the future, and identifies possible challenges and opportunities they might face in the future.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHigher Ed Connects\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose who worry about the future of higher ed—and who among us is without worry?—would do well to put \u003ci\u003eAcademia Next\u003c\/i\u003e on their reading list. The book provides academic readers with a set of tools from which to construct a set of scenarios, underpinned by trends, about the future of our schools and of our ecosystem. The book is certain to catalyze an informed and energetic conversation about the future of higher ed.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eInside Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcademia Next\u003c\/i\u003e helps us know how we can intervene in the emerging nature of higher education.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAssociation of Professional Futurists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery day, I am involved in a discussion about one or more issues affecting higher education. \u003ci\u003eAcademia Next\u003c\/i\u003e does a great job of capturing many of those discussions into one book. If you are an administrator in higher education, I would encourage you to read this well-researched book.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003etubarksblog.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA must read for anyone involved in our educational system.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTechnical Communication\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Trends\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Objects in Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Catching the University in Midtransformation \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The New Age of Fewer Children and More Inequality \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Marriage of Carbon and Silicon \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Beyond the Virtual Learning Environment \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Connecting the Dots: Metatrends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Scenarios\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e7. Peak Higher Education \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Health Care Nation \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Open Education Triumphant \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Renaissance \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Augmented Campus \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Siri, Tutor Me \u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Retro Campus \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. To the Future and the Present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e14. Beyond 2035 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Back to the Present \u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866940715351,"sku":"9781421443263","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421443263.jpg?v=1722281000","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/academia-next-9781421443263","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}