Beyond 2020

Nearly two dozen scholars, including James Duderstadt and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, provide the most detailed road map yet to the perils and promise of the Information Age_as it directly applies to higher education and academia. This is a collection of refreshingly frank opinions and observations from forward-thinking experts on the front lines with the best views on how to prepare the healthiest possible institution of tomorrow. It is something akin to an academic prophesy, but grounded in the expertise of a combined several centuries' worth of higher education experience.

In a world progressing with dizzying acceleration into the Information Age, the slow, measured approach of the traditional university can place administrator, faculty member, and student alike at a disadvantage. To move into this brave new world, the academic animal needs tools. Beyond 2020: Envisioning the Future of Universities in America is that tool. Higher education experts in a host of fields project into the future and paint a clear picture of the future university. Nearly two dozen scholars, including James Duderstadt and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, provide the most detailed road map yet to the perils and promise of the Information Age_as it directly applies to academia. This is a collection of refreshingly frank opinions and observations from forward-thinking experts on the front lines with the best views on how to prepare the healthiest possible institution of tomorrow. It is something akin to an academic prophesy, but grounded in the expertise of a combined several centuries' worth of higher education experience.

Chapter 1 Overview of the University Beyond 2020 with University of Michigan President Emeritus James J. Duderstadt
Chapter 2 The Presidency of the Future University
Chapter 3 Significant Continuing and Emerging Issues Facing Tomorrow's University
Chapter 4 Future Legal Issues
Chapter 5 Students of Tomorrow: Allan M. Cartter Professor of Higher Education Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles
Chapter 6 The Evolution of International Higher Education
Chapter 7 Technology Today and Tomorrow
Chapter 8 University Libraries of the Future
Chapter 9 Financing the Future of Higher Education
Chapter 10 Advancement in the Future University
Chapter 11 Continuing Education, Workforce Training, and Lifelong Learning
Chapter 12 Higher Education Marketing
Chapter 13 The Future Physical Plant
Chapter 14 Partnerships of the Future University
Chapter 15 University Governance Beyond 2020