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Record Nr.

UNINA9910510550703321

Autore

Heller Richard Frederick

Titolo

The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2021

ISBN

9789811665066 (ebook)

981-16-6506-0

9789811665059 (paperback)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (89 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Education

Soggetti

Higher & further education, tertiary education

Education

Educational strategies & policy

Educació superior

Comunitat i universitat

Reforma de l'educació

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

SpringerBriefs in Education.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is open access and discusses the re-imagining of the higher education sector. It exposes problems that relate to the way that universities have become over-managed business enterprises which may not reflect societal, national, or global educational needs. From there, it proposes some solutions, including three innovative programs, that make universities more responsive to needs, as well as reduce their impact on the environment. The central idea of this book is developing the ‘Distributed University,’ which distributes education to where it is needed, reducing local and global inequalities in access, and emphasizing local relevance in place of large centralized campuses, with a low impact on the environment. It emphasizes the distribution of trust in place of managerialism and collaboration in place of competition. By focusing on distributing education online, this book discusses how the higher education sector can be set up to adapt to



the changes in the ways we work and learn today, and which will be required to adapt to and take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.