The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World (Hardcover)

Preface: Scaling the Ivory Tower vii
Part I: Admissions
1 The Unjust University 3
Why It's Hard to Foster Inclusivity in a System Based on Exclusivity
Part II: Orientation
2 The Education Factory 21
How We Got Our Current System and Why It's Such an Expensive, Inefficient Mess
3 Seating Arrangements 39
Why Limited Classroom Space Leads Rich Parents to Bribe Their Kids into College
4 Masters of None 53
Why We Standardize Our Teaching Even Though We Know Our Students Are Unique
5 The Noisy Classroom 71
What College Diplomas Signal--and the Resulting Distortions
Part III: Instruction
6 Open Enrollment 89
Why--at Last--We Can Do Things Differently
7 The Digitally Powered Ivory Tower 103
How Digitization Is Creating Abundance in Access and Instruction
8 Getting Down to Business 135
Why Abundance in Access and Instruction Hasn't Changed Higher Education
9 Structural Disruption 151
Why Big Changes Are at Last on the Horizon for Higher Education
10 Hello, Google State 165
The New World of Credentialing and Skills-Based Hiring
11 Objections, Objections 181
Understanding and Moving Past Our Resistance to Change
Part IV: Commencement
12 Rediscovering Our Mission 205
A Summation--and a Path Forward--for Educators
Acknowledgments 217
Notes 219
Index 259