Bibliograph

College disrupted, the great unbundling of higher education, Ryan Craig

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College disrupted, the great unbundling of higher education, Ryan Craig

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

College disrupted

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881437112

Responsibility statement

Ryan Craig

Sub title

the great unbundling of higher education

Summary

For nearly two decades, pundits have been predicting the demise of higher education in the United States. Our colleges and universities will soon find themselves competing for students with universities from around the world. With the advent of massive open online courses ("MOOCS") over the past two years, predictions that higher education will be the next industry to undergo "disruption" have become more frequent and fervent. Currently a university's reputation relies heavily on the "four Rs" in which the most elite schools thrive--rankings, research, real estate, and rah! (i.e. sports). But for the majority of students who are not attending these elite institutions, the "four Rs" offer poor value for the expense of a college education. Craig sees the future of higher education in online degrees that unbundle course offerings to offer a true bottom line return for the majority of students in terms of graduation, employment, and wages. College Disrupted details the changes that American higher education will undergo, including the transformation from packaged courses and degrees to truly unbundled course offerings, along with those that it will not

Table Of Contents

Bundle of joy? -- Crisis of affordability -- Crisis of governance -- Crisis of data -- Finding wonderland -- The great unbundling -- Preparing for the great unbundling -- America's next great export -- Managing change -- A tale of two cities? -- American hustle -- Humbling unbundling

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