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Author:

DeMillo, Richard A.

Title:

Abelard to Apple : the fate of American colleges and universities / Richard A. DeMillo.

Publisher:

MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xviii, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Universities and colleges--United States.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Educational change--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.[301]-309) and index.

Contents:

20. Rules for the twenty-first century. 1. Are you teaching this summer? -- 2. A world of subjective judgments -- 3. The smartest kid in class -- 4. The twenty-first century -- II. An abundance of choices -- 5. It takes a lot to get us excited -- 6. The computer in the cathedral -- 7. Do no harm -- 8. The factory -- 9. Disruption -- III. A better means of expressing their goals -- 10. The value of a university -- 11. Of majors and memes -- 12. Threads -- IV. Abelard to Apple -- 13. The stardom of Leonard Susskind -- 14. Unkept technological promises -- 15. A substitute for deep reflection -- 16. The process-centered university -- 17. Hacking degrees -- V. The long view -- 18. The laws of innovation -- 19. Just change my title to "architect" -- 20. Rules for the twenty-first century.

ISBN:

0262015803 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262015806 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)694566404

LCCN:

2010049657

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)