Forum Futures: Exploring the Future of Higher Education, 2000 Papers (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series Vol. 3) - Softcover

Forum For The Future Of Higher Education

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787957321 ISBN 13: 9780787957322

Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 2001

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Sponsored by the Forum for the Future of Higher Education

Forum Futures 2000--a report developed from one of higher education's most select annual gatherings--features insights and recommendations from some of the best minds in education who are shaping the future of U.S. colleges and universities--a future where the old rules no longer apply.

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MAUREEN E. DEVLIN is associate director of the Forum for the Future of Higher Education. JOEL W. MEYERSON is director of the Forum for the Future of Higher Education.

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Forum Futures 2000 a report developed from one of higher education's most select annual gatherings features insights and recommendations from some of the best minds in education who are shaping the future of U.S. colleges and universities? a future where the old rules no longer apply.These thought-provoking chapters consider the functions and goals of higher education and explore such timely topics as strategy, finance, and technology. The book shows how campus leaders can proactively determine the future of their institutions and includes:

• A call for directing change from within institutions rather than merely reacting to the forces of change that surround them.
• A practical vision for developing, using, and applying information technology.
• A proven model Sustaining Administrative Improvement? that focuses on the tools that lead most efficiently and assuredly to improved performance.

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"Without question, the Forum on the Future of Higher Education is my most esteemed source of professional development. This volume, like the Forum itself, is sure to challenge and illuminate. Anyone serious about the future of higher education should read this." Richard N. Katz, vice president, EDUCAUSEForum Futures 2000 a report developed from one of higher education's most select annual gatherings features insights and recommendations from some of the best minds in education who are shaping the future of U.S. colleges and universities?a future where the old rules no longer apply.These thought-provoking chapters consider the functions and goals of higher education and explore such timely topics as strategy, finance, and technology. The book shows how campus leaders can proactively determine the future of their institutions and includes:

• A call for directing change from within institutions rather than merely reacting to the forces of change that surround them.
• A practical vision for developing, using, and applying information technology.
• A proven model Sustaining Administrative Improvement?that focuses on the tools that lead most efficiently and assuredly to improved performance.

Under the leadership of Joel W. Meyerson and with the editorial direction of Maureen E. Devlin, Forum Futures is written for leaders of the wide variety of higher education institutions. This year's report is published in collaboration with EDUCAUSE.The EditorsMaureen E. Devlin is associate director of the Forum for the Future of Higher Education.Joel W. Meyerson is director of the Forum for the Future of Higher Education. The Forum for the Future of Higher Education is a community of academic leaders and scholars from across the country that convenes each fall to consider the future of American higher education. The Forum, affiliated with Yale University, seeks and sponsors research intended to enrich understanding and enlighten campus policy and management.

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• Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0787957321
• ISBN 13: 9780787957322
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 161
• Herausgeber: Devlin Maureen, Meyerson Joel W.
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