Beyond 2020: Envisioning the Future of Universities in America

241 Pages·2009·1 MB·English

by  Mary Landon Darden

Beyond 2020
Part of the American Council on Education
Series on Higher Education
Susan Slesinger, Executive Editor
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by Arthur Padilla
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Beyond 2020
Envisioning the
Future of Universities in America
Written and Edited by Mary Landon Darden
Published in partnership with the
Rowman & Littlefield Education
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Beyond 2020 : envisioning the future of universities in America / Mary
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ISBN-13: 978-1-60709-073-1 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-60709-073-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60709-075-5 (electronic)
ISBN-10: 1-60709-075-9 (electronic)
1. Education, Higher—United States—Forecasting. I. American Council on
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To my husband, hero, and inspiration,
Robert F. Darden III

Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
by Mary Landon Darden
1 Overview of the Future University Beyond 2020 1
with James J. Duderstadt
2 The Presidency of the Future University 13
with Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
3 Significant Continuing and Emerging Issues Facing
Tomorrow’s University 25
with Claire Van Ummersen, Helen Astin, and William Underwood
4 Future Legal Issues 47
with Robert C. Cloud
5 Students of Tomorrow 63
with Alexander W. Astin
6 The Evolution of International Higher Education 77
with H. Stephen Gardner and Vivian Bull
7 Technology Today and Tomorrow 99
with Jay Box
8 University Libraries of the Future 113
with James G. Neal
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9 Financing the Future of Higher Education 123
with Randy Livingston and H. Stephen Gardner
10 Advancement in the Future University 137
with Ronald D. Vanden Dorpel
11 Continuing Education, Workforce Training, and
Lifelong Learning 147
with Andrew L. Meyer
12 Higher Education Marketing 157
with Karen Fox
13 The Future Physical Plant 165
with John Carmody
14 Partnerships of the Future University 175
by Nancy L. Zimpher
15 University Governance Beyond 2020 191
with Larry Gerber and Daniel McGee
Conclusion 209
by Mary Landon Darden
About the Writer and Editor 219
Figures and Tables
FIGURES
6.1. Population, Age Sixteen to Fifty-nine, by World Regions,
1950–2050 85
TABLES
6.1. Student Mobility: Top Receiving and
Sending Countries, 2005 79
6.2. Foreign Students in the United States, 1970–2006 80
6.3. U.S. Study-Abroad Students, 1970–2005 81
6.4. GMAT Examinations, 2006–2007 84
6.5. School Enrollment Rates, 2005 85
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