Description
Book SynopsisOut of the crises of American higher education emerges a new class of large-scale public universities designed to accelerate social change through broad access to world-class knowledge production and cutting-edge technological innovation. America's research universities lead the world in discovery, creativity, and innovationbut are captive to a set of design constraints that no longer aligns with the changing needs of society. Their commitment to discovery and innovation, which is carried out largely in isolation from the socioeconomic challenges faced by most Americans, threatens to impede the capacity of these institutions to contribute decisively and consistently to the collective good. The global preeminence of our leading institutions, moreover, does not correlate with overall excellence in American higher education. Sadly, admissions practices that flatly exclude the majority of academically qualified applicants are now the norm in our leading universities, both public and priv
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Washington PostTable of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Toward New Models for American Colleges and Universities
1 The Emergence of the Fifth Wave in American Higher Education
2 A Prototype for a Fifth Wave University
3 Boutique Production Strategies and Appropriate Scale
4 Some Historical Perspective on the Fifth Wave
5 Toward a Theoretical and Conceptual Framework for the Fifth Wave
6 Designing Fifth Wave Knowledge Enterprises
7 Some Comparative Perspective on Accessibility and Excellence
Conclusion: Toward Frameworks for Universal Learning
Selected Bibliography
Index
