Higher Education's Road to Relevance: Navigating Complexity - Hardcover

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Susan A. Ambrose, D.A., Professor of Education and History, is Senior Vice Chancellor for Educational Innovation at Northeastern University. She is an internationally recognized expert in college-level teaching and learning and has conducted workshops and seminars for faculty and administrators throughout the United States and around the world.

Laura A. Wankel, EdD, is the Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Educational Innovation at Northeastern University. She has been an active member in NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education at both the regional and national level in a number of leadership positions including Regional Vice President, Executive Committee and Chair of the NASPA Board.

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An integrative approach that offers a promising pathway forward to meet the challenges of today’s post-secondary education

Based solidly in research, Higher Education’s Road to Relevance addresses post-secondary education’s myriad changes and immense stresses that have occurred in the past two decades. In today’s complicated world, higher education has become the subject of growing uncertainty. With the ever-growing cost of college and the burden of skyrocketing student debt, it is more common than ever to question the return on investment of a college education. Increasingly, prospective students, and many employers, view attending institutions of higher learning as inadequate preparation for entering the 21st century workforce. The authors make a compelling case for why change is needed in post-secondary education and provide a promising path forward for new networks and ecosystems of learning and workforce development.

Rather than taking a university-centric approach, Drs. Ambrose and Wankel see the need for leaders to create and nurture networks and ecosystems that include employers, K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, and policymakers. This approach embraces multiple pathways for creating and credentialing self-directed learners who can meet the needs of a rapidly changing employment, social, and political landscape.

The book outlines an integrative approach and provides a roadmap for change with the aim of transforming our institutions of higher learning to better serve our students and communities.

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An integrative approach that offers a promising pathway forward to meet the challenges of today's post-secondary education

Based solidly in research, Higher Education's Road to Relevance addresses post-secondary education's myriad changes and immense stresses that have occurred in the past two decades. In today's complicated world, higher education has become the subject of growing uncertainty. With the ever-growing cost of college and the burden of skyrocketing student debt, it is more common than ever to question the return on investment of a college education. Increasingly, prospective students, and many employers, view attending institutions of higher learning as inadequate preparation for entering the 21st century workforce. The authors make a compelling case for why change is needed in post-secondary education and provide a promising path forward for new networks and ecosystems of learning and workforce development.

Rather than taking a university-centric approach, Drs. Ambrose and Wankel see the need for leaders to create and nurture networks and ecosystems that include employers, K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, and policymakers. This approach embraces multiple pathways for creating and credentialing self-directed learners who can meet the needs of a rapidly changing employment, social, and political landscape.

The book outlines an integrative approach and provides a roadmap for change with the aim of transforming our institutions of higher learning to better serve our students and communities.