Abelard to Apple The Fate of American Colleges and Universities

Name: Abelard to Apple The Fate of American Colleges and Universities
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ISBN: 9780262518628

ISBN-10: 0262518627

ISBN-13: 9780262518628

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard A. DeMillo

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The vast majority of American college students attend two thousand or so private andpublic institutions that might be described as the Middle--reputable educational institutions, butnot considered equal to the elite and entrenched upper echelon of the Ivy League and otherprestigious schools. Richard DeMillo has a warning for these colleges and universities in theMiddle: If you do not change, you are heading for irrelevance and marginalization. InAbelard to Apple, DeMillo argues that these institutions, clinging precariouslyto a centuries-old model of higher education, are ignoring the social, historical, and economicforces at work in today's world. In the age of iTunes, open source…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Richard A. DeMillo is Distinguished Professor of Computing and Professor of Management, formerJohn P. Imlay Dean of Computing, and Director of the Center for 21st Century Universities at GeorgiaInstitute of Technology. Author of over 100 articles, books, and patents, he has held academicpositions at Purdue University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Padua. Hedirected the Computer and Computation Research Division of the National Science Foundation and wasHewlett-Packard's first Chief Technology Officer.