Higher Education in the Digital Age: Technology Issues and...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 304 pages
• Published by: Praeger Publishers December 30, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1573565202
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1573565202
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Review
"This team of three nationally known figures present both a comprehensive look backwards into the history and impact of technology on our campuses, and a look forward to potential implications and future impacts. The last four chapters raise critical and thought-provoking questions that every campus should be engaged in discussing as they plan for the future. Many of the questions raised by Duderstadt, Atkins and Van Houweling raise are often out-of-the-box thinking that challenge us to rethink the future of our campuses because of the impact technology is likely to have (and is already having!). This book - and especially the last four chapters - is a must read for any senior administrator in higher education today." - Brian L. Hawkins President, EDUCAUSE

Product Description
Academic management and administrative processes rely heavily on technology in business offices, virtual laboratories, digital libraries, and the like. Technology also has an impact upon teaching, freeing classrooms from constraints of time and space. Yet many university leaders are hesitant to set technology as a priority. This book is designed to address the subject from a perspective appropriate to leaders. An important concept covered here is that the new advances in information technology drive a significant restructuring of our social institutions, which will provide access to knowledge and education that was formerly restricted to the privileged. The generation raised with this technology demands new approaches to teaching and learning-this poses a unique challenge to traditional faculty members. The authors of this book believe "It is our collective challenge as scholars, educators, and academic leaders to develop a strategic framework capable of understanding and shaping the impact that this extraordinary technology will have on our institutions." They believe that academic institutions will change in form and character, and that such changes will affect the mission, function, and possibly even the concept of the university. The role of leadership is to both see over the horizon and adapt leadership styles to an environment of constant change. Leadership must formulate a clear and consistent institutional vision.