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Higher Education at the Crossroads of Disruption : The University of the 21st Century

Part of the Great Debates in Higher Education series
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The digital transformation of higher education has the same reputation as the higher education sector itself: rigid and reluctant to change.

Covid-19 has radically changed this rigidity, with thousands of Universities compelled to go 100 percent online in just a few days.

Threatened by edtech start-ups, big tech corporations increasingly interested in academia, as well as venture capitalists attracted by the sector's high profit margins, Universities need to change their way of doing business to stay in business. Higher Education at the Crossroads of Disruption: The University of the 21st Century looks at the various areas of higher education that will likely undergo radical changes.

Learning and teaching approaches will increasingly move into the digital sphere; advances in artificial intelligence as well as (big) data availability, will change the way academia works.

This books examines how teaching formats will vary, and how curricula and course content will evolve.

Higher education will most likely focus on skills development, with a stronger emphasis on inter- and multidisciplinary study content, and a steady turn toward society's well-being and sustainability. This is essential reading for those holding a leadership position in higher education, researchers with a focus on higher education, and to anyone interested in the evolution and future of higher education.

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Product Details
Emerald Publishing Limited
1800715048 / 9781800715042
Paperback / softback
378.1
06/04/2021
United Kingdom
English
168 pages
20 cm
Print on demand edition.