The innovative university changing the DNA of higher education from the inside out

The Innovative University illustrates how higher education can respond to the forces of disruptive innovation , and offers a nuanced and hopeful analysis of where the traditional university and its traditions have come from and how it needs to change for the future. Through an examination of Harvard...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Christensen, Clayton M. (-)
Otros Autores: Eyring, Henry J.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Wiley 2011.
Colección:The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series The innovative university
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Sumario:The Innovative University illustrates how higher education can respond to the forces of disruptive innovation , and offers a nuanced and hopeful analysis of where the traditional university and its traditions have come from and how it needs to change for the future. Through an examination of Harvard and BYU-Idaho as well as other stories of innovation in higher education, Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring decipher how universities can find innovative, less costly ways of performing their uniquely valuable functions. Offers new ways forward to deal with curriculum, faculty issues, enrollment, retention, graduation rates, campus facility usage, and a host of other urgent issues in higher education Discusses a strategic model to ensure economic vitality at the traditional university Contains novel insights into the kind of change that is necessary to move institutions of higher education forward in innovative ways This book uncovers how the traditional university survives by breaking with tradition, but thrives by building on what it's done best.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (509 p.)
ISBN:9781283176514
9786613176516
9781118091272