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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSearching for answers to this and other mysteries of Planet Academe, I found some excellent responses in a new book,
The Great Upheaval: Higher Education's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future, by
Arthur Levine and
Scott Van Pelt.
—Ann Kirschner, CUNY,
ForbesIf you're looking to understand the future of higher education, you couldn't do better than to look at
The Great Upheaval. What makes this book so interesting is not only its review of past changes in higher ed, but also its careful look at what has happened in leading industries such as movie-making, filmmaking, and newspapers as they've been disrupted by the online world.
—Barbara Oakley, Oakland University, McMaster University,
Barbara Oakley, PhDI have never doubted that higher education was on an unsustainable path and after reading
The Great Upheaval by Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt, I'm more sure of that than ever. They present a convincing case that our higher education system will undergo a disruption that is "needed and inevitable."
—George Leef,
The James G. Martin Center for Academic RenewalA valuable resource that sheds light on the issues confronting higher education today while simultaneously serving as a clarion call to action for educators, policymakers, and students alike.
—Kate El-Hillow,
Russell InvestmentsTable of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Where You Look Determines What You See
Part One. Looking Backward
Chapter One. The Industrial Revolution and the Transformation of America
Chapter Two. Criticism, Denial, and Innovation
Chapter Three. New Models and Diffusion
Chapter Four. Standardization, Consolidation, and Scaling
Chapter Five. Transformation
Part Two. Looking Forward
Chapter Six. A Demographic Sea Change
Chapter Seven. An Emerging Knowledge Economy
Chapter Eight. A Technological Revolution
Chapter Nine. Adaptation
Part Three. Looking Sideways
Chapter Ten. The Music Industry
Chapter Eleven. The Film Industry
Chapter Twelve. The Newspaper Industry
Chapter Thirteen. Disruption
Part Four. Looking at the Panorama
Chapter Fourteen. What Will Change?
Chapter Fifteen. How and When Will Change Occur?
Chapter Sixteen. What Should Higher Education and Policy Makers Do?
Bibliography
Index
