The innovative university : changing the DNA of higher education from the inside out

Christensen, Clayton M. (Author). Eyring, Henry J. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781118063484
ISBN: 1118063481
Physical Description: print
xxx, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Reframing the Higher Education Crisis: 1. The Educational Innovator's Dilemma: Threat of Danger, Reasons for Hope -- Part II: The Great American University: 2. Puritan College -- 3. Charles Eliot, Father of American Higher Education -- 4. Pioneer Academy -- 5. Revitalizing Harvard College -- 6. Struggling College -- 7. The Drive for Excellence -- 8. Four-Year Aspirations in Rexburg -- 9. Harvard's Growing Power and Profile -- 10. Staying Rooted -- Part III: Ripe for Disruption: 11. The Weight of the DNA -- 12. Even at Harvard -- 13. Vulnerable Institutions -- 14. Disruptive Competition -- Part IV: A New Kind of University: 15. A Unique University Design -- 16. Getting Started -- 17. Raising Quality -- 18. Lowering Cost -- 19. Serving More Students -- Part V: Genetic Reengineering: 20. New Models -- 21. Students and Subjects -- 22. Scholarship -- 23. New DNA -- 24. Change and the Indispensable University.