The Abundant University
Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World
$93.58
- Hardcover
296 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2023
Summary
For too long, our system of higher education has been defined by scarcity—scarcity in enrollment, scarcity in instruction, and scarcity in credentials. In addition to failing students professionally, this system has exacerbated social injustice and socioeconomic stratification across the globe. In The Abundant University, Michael D. Smith argues that the only way to create a financially and morally sustainable higher education system is by embracing digital technologies for enrolling…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262048552 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262048558 |
| Author: | Michael D. Smith |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
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Included in Forbes’s Best Higher Education Books of 2023 list
Winner of the Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature
“If you’re looking for a book that challenges higher education’s status quo, questions its basic business model, and argues for a complete transformation to create greater, more affordable access to advanced education, Michael D. Smith’s The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education For a Digital World is a great place to start…The Abundant University is sure to stir up a storm. It threatens many of higher education’s cherished assumptions and traditions. It encourages major innovations in how advanced education is delivered and to whom. And it foresees and even encourages a dismantling of the credentialing monopoly that colleges have long protected. Get ready to hear some howling from the ivory towers…With a straightforward, conversational style, Smith succeeds in portraying the current problems bearing down on higher education and offering a set of bold solutions for a future where he envisions a college education becoming “more open, flexible, inclusive, and lower-priced.” The Abundant University is a provocative book that should be read by higher ed insiders as well as those in the general public who care about expanding the reach and the impact of higher education.”
—Forbes
About The Author
Michael D. Smith
Michael D. Smith is J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology and Marketing at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Public Policy and Management. Smith is coauthor of the book Streaming, Sharing, Stealing- Big Data and the Future of Entertainment (MIT Press).
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