{"product_id":"the-lowdensity-university-9781421443171","title":"The LowDensity University","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOVID-19 has placed American higher education at a crossroads. This book is the roadmap.   COVID-19 triggered an existential crisis for American higher education. Faced with few safe choices, most colleges and universities switched to remote learning during the 2020 spring semester. The future, however, provides more choices about how institutions can fulfill their mission of teaching and research. But how do we begin to make decisions in an uncertain and shifting environment? In this concise guide, authors Edward J. Maloney and Joshua Kim lay out clear ways colleges and universities can move forward in safe and effective ways.   The Low-Density University presents fifteen scenarios for how colleges and universities can address the current crisis from a fully online semester to others with students in residence and in the classroom. How can changing the calendar or shifting to hybrid models of blended classrooms impact teaching, learning, and the college experience? Could we emerge fro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll higher education afficionados should read [\u003ci\u003eThe Low-Density University\u003c\/i\u003e].\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHigher Education Strategy Associates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Paperback Edition \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Fifteen Scenarios\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Back to Normal\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Late Start \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Moving Fall to Spring \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. First-Year Intensive \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Graduate Students Only \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Structured Gap Year \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Targeted Curriculum \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Split Curriculum \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Block Plan \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Modularity \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Students in Residence Learning Virtually \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Low-Residency \u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. HyFlex \u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Modified Tutorial \u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Fully Remote \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Equity, Place, and Learning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Next Steps \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408144965975,"sku":"9781421443171","price":14.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lowdensity-university-9781421443171","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}