Designing the new American university /
Crow, Michael M.,
Designing the new American university / Michael M. Crow and William B. Dabars. - 1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American Research Universities at a Fork in the Road -- The Gold Standard in American Higher Education -- The Varieties of Academic Tradition -- Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation -- Designing Knowledge Enterprises -- A Pragmatic Approach to Innovation and Sustainability -- Designing a New American University at the Frontier.
"In this book, Michael Crow will ignite a national discussion on what the new American research university should look like. This new model is one that embraces students with a wide range of backgrounds and abilities while giving elite public schools a run for their research money. Crow proposed his idea--one that would fundamentally redesign the public research university--ten years ago when he became president of Arizona State University and now he has a decade of experience to support his plan. Designing the New American University offers a comprehensive critique of the contemporary American research university and spells out how these critically important institutions can reinvent themselves. The manuscript recommends measures to foster institutional evolution across various interrelated dimensions, represented by the model of the New American University--an egalitarian institution committed to academic excellence, inclusiveness to a broad demographic, and maximum societal impact. The model is evolutionary and dynamic and its "design aspirations" are interrelated and interdependent. The manuscript thus introduces readers to the imperative significance of institutional design, which is not merely adventitious to knowledge enterprises"--
English.
9781421417240 (electronic bk.) 1421417243 (electronic bk.) 1421417235 (hardcover) 9781421417233 (hardcover)
73C91890-ABC5-4AF2-9504-A67EC1ED4F48 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Universities and colleges--United States.
Education, Higher--United States.
Universités--États-Unis.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
LA226 / .C87 2015
378.73
Designing the new American university / Michael M. Crow and William B. Dabars. - 1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American Research Universities at a Fork in the Road -- The Gold Standard in American Higher Education -- The Varieties of Academic Tradition -- Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation -- Designing Knowledge Enterprises -- A Pragmatic Approach to Innovation and Sustainability -- Designing a New American University at the Frontier.
"In this book, Michael Crow will ignite a national discussion on what the new American research university should look like. This new model is one that embraces students with a wide range of backgrounds and abilities while giving elite public schools a run for their research money. Crow proposed his idea--one that would fundamentally redesign the public research university--ten years ago when he became president of Arizona State University and now he has a decade of experience to support his plan. Designing the New American University offers a comprehensive critique of the contemporary American research university and spells out how these critically important institutions can reinvent themselves. The manuscript recommends measures to foster institutional evolution across various interrelated dimensions, represented by the model of the New American University--an egalitarian institution committed to academic excellence, inclusiveness to a broad demographic, and maximum societal impact. The model is evolutionary and dynamic and its "design aspirations" are interrelated and interdependent. The manuscript thus introduces readers to the imperative significance of institutional design, which is not merely adventitious to knowledge enterprises"--
English.
9781421417240 (electronic bk.) 1421417243 (electronic bk.) 1421417235 (hardcover) 9781421417233 (hardcover)
73C91890-ABC5-4AF2-9504-A67EC1ED4F48 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Universities and colleges--United States.
Education, Higher--United States.
Universités--États-Unis.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
LA226 / .C87 2015
378.73