COLLEGE DISRUPTED: THE GREAT UNBUNDLING OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Book ID/图书代码： 02740015B84241
English Summary/英文概要： 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. Written by a professional at the only investment firm focused on the higher education market, College Disrupted takes a creative view of the forces roiling higher education and the likely outcome, including light-hearted, real-life anecdotes that illustrate the author’s points.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 过去二十年间，专家们常常对美国高等教育的失败进行预测。我们的学院与大学很快就会发现他们将同全球的大学竞争学生生源。尤其是随着过去两年间大量线上公开课（“MOOCS”）的涌现，高等教育即将成为下一个面临“动荡失序”的产业这一预测也愈加频繁地出现在人们的视野中，并引发激烈讨论。当下的大学声望评估极大地依赖于“4Rs”--排名， 研究，校园环境及英杰（如体育人才等），而在这一评估体系下，收益的通常都是最为精英的学校。然而对于绝大多数并不会进入高等名校的学生而言，这四大评估标准相比于高等教育需要投入的资金而言，产效甚微。本书作者克雷格认为高等教育的未来依赖于线上教育课程，大量不受限制的课程为立足于毕业、就职以及毕业薪酬的学生提供了真正实惠的需求。《大学危机》详细论述了美国高等教育即将迎来的动荡变化，其中包括从打包课程和专业，向无限制选修的转变，以及那些将不会产生变化的专业方向。《大学危机》由专家执笔，完全着眼于高等教育市场，以前所未有的视角，带领读者们一窥高等教育动荡现状及可能迎来的未来，书中还不乏来自现实生活，轻松幽默的奇闻逸事，以另一种方式为读者们呈现作者的观点。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：""College Disrupted" provides a novel set of suggestions, a blueprint almost, on how college education for the 99%, the non-elites, can and must be transformed to provide a better education at a fraction of the cost. This book will surprise and inform. Its proposals are workable, leveraging technology in meaningful ways for the student, for the college and for employers. This book is an original and will challenge many of our beliefs. I highly recommend it."--John Seely Brown, advisor to the provost at the University of Southern California and co-author of "A New Culture of Learning - Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change"
"With great clarity and a deft touch, "College Disrupted" tells the story of how college has become out of reach and out of touch with the needs of students. More important, it points the way to a reconfigured system of higher education which is both affordable and valuable as preparation for career and life."--Mitch Kapor, co-chair of Kapor Center for Social Impact and founder of Lotus Development Corporation
"In "College Disrupted," Ryan Craig offers the best and most clear-sighted analysis of the dramatic changes underway in higher education, a persuasive argument for how we might re-invent our industry, and does so with a balance of serious mindedness and entertaining readability rare in books of this kind. While many will find his roadmap forward daunting, my colleagues should all read this book and think hard about its implications for their institutions. This is the must-read book for 2015."--Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University
"There’s a revolution underway in what we now know as "higher education," and it’s dramatically changing what people learn, where they learn it, and how they will use it in work and in life. The revolution is being televised, blogged, tweeted, and MOOC’ed in ways that we could never even have dreamed just a few years ago. In "College Disrupted," Ryan Craig chronicles that revolution in a thoughtful and astonishingly clear way, bringing to focus a diverse set of ideas, strategies and concepts that are completely transforming college as we know it. Craig’s insightful analysis comes together in a hopeful and practical set of ideas about how to fix what’s broken and continue to ensure that Americans gain even greater value from college than ever before--for their benefit individually, and for the collective well-being of all Americans."--Jamie Merisotis, president and CEO, Lumina Foundation
"American educational progress will continue to lag as long as the education reform conversation remains polarized. For American higher education to continue to lead the world, we must find ways to get traction for the sorely needed innovations that will improve accessibility, affordability and student outcomes for all Americans. In "College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education," Ryan Craig lays out a blueprint for action. His clarity of observation - which is simply stated - creates a compelling burning platform. You can’t ignore his assessment; the case is too clear. The recognition of a need for change frequently spurs a bias for action. Efforts sputter when plans to galvanize that bias into measurable change are lacking. What distinguishes "College Disrupted" is Ryan’s ability to skillfully lay out options "and a way forward" for higher education leaders and policy makers as they take the necessary actions to advance higher education in the United States." --Sara Martinez Tucker, chief executive officer of the National Math and Science Initiative
About the Author/作者介绍： 莱恩•克雷格，University Ventures的创始管理人，一家致力于平等的私人基金会，通过与传统大学学院建立合作伙伴关系，专注于为下一代建立次高教育公司。克雷格曾担任Bridgepoint Education的创始人兼总监，曾担任教育部咨询顾问，并在Fathom任战略发展部门副部长。Fathom是哥伦比亚大学线上教育发展计划，同时也是首个全球级别的线上教育和文化机构联培项目。
Ryan Craig is the Founding Managing Director of University Ventures, a private equity fund focused on establishing next-generation postsecondary education companies through partnerships with traditional colleges and universities. He was the Founding Director of Bridgepoint Education, has served as advisor to the Department of Education and as Vice President of Strategic Development for Fathom, the Columbia University online education venture that was the first online consortium of world-class educational and cultural institutions.
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