WilmU Book Club

May 2023  |  The Great Upheaval: Higher Education's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future

Wednesday, May 24, 2023
12:00pm ET

Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni are all welcome!
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Please join the WilmU Book Club for an online discussion of "The Great Upheaval: Higher Education's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future" by Arthur Levine and Scott J. Van Pelt. In The Great Upheaval, Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt examine higher and postsecondary education to see how it has changed to become what it is today—and how it might be refitted for an uncertain future. (Taken directly from “The Great Upheaval” by Arthur Levine and Scott J. Van Pelt.)

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ABOUT THE BOOK

How will America's colleges and universities adapt to remarkable technological, economic, and demographic change?

The United States is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties. In this great upheaval, the nation's most enduring social institutions are at a crossroads.

Concluding with a detailed agenda for action, The Great Upheaval is aimed at policy makers, college administrators, faculty, trustees, and students, as well as general readers and people who work for nonprofits facing the same big changes. (Taken directly from “The Great Upheaval” by Arthur Levine and Scott J. Van Pelt.)

 

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