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The University is Dead! Long Live the University!

The University is Dead! Long Live the University!. James L. Morrison Professor Emeritus, UNC-Chapel Hill http://horizon.unc.edu Editor-in-Chief Innovate. U.S. Higher Education in the 20 th Century. Type: 2 yr, 4 yr, university Geographically defined market areas

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The University is Dead! Long Live the University!

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  1. The University is Dead! Long Live the University! James L. Morrison Professor Emeritus, UNC-Chapel Hill http://horizon.unc.eduEditor-in-ChiefInnovate

  2. U.S. Higher Education in the 20th Century • Type: 2 yr, 4 yr, university • Geographically defined market areas • Function: teaching, research, service • Mostly residential/bricks and mortar • Lecture mode of instruction predominant • Degrees based on credit hours • Predominantly self-contained • Print research publications organized by commercial publishers & associations

  3. Change Drivers • Demographics • Globalization • Economic Restructuring • Information Technology

  4. What Lies Ahead in Technology • Diminution (Nanotechnology/micromachines) • Wireless networks/Wireless Web/Wi-Fi • Net PC/ Web TV • Groupware/P2P • High Definition TV • Electronic books • Simulations • Virtual reality • Expert systems • WWW; Web course mgt • Low-earth-orbit satellites • Video conferencing • Grid computing • Open source software

  5. Comparative Costs: Paper vs. Online • Cost of paper purchase order: between $50 – $70 • Cost of online purchase order: between $1 - $5 • Cost of paper check transaction: $1.07 • Cost of online check transaction: $0.01

  6. Cost Comparisons • Cisco’s residential classroom = $1,800 per worker • Cisco’s Web-based classes = $120 per worker • Dow’s in-class health and safety training = $80 million per year • Dow’s DE health and safety training = $50 million per year

  7. Pew Learning and Technology Program • BYU first-year writing course-enrolls 3,400 students in about 170 sections redesigned: cost per student dropped 41% • Drexel introduction to computer programming: cost per student dropped 36% • Florida Gulf Coast into to fine arts, cost per student for 2,400 students is $50 compared to $132 students in traditional format

  8. The Internet Enables Educators To: • Center learning around the student • Focus on the strengths of individual (and more diverse) learners around the globe • Make lifelong learning a practical reality Web-Based Education Committee, 2001

  9. The Changing Higher Education Environment • Certification monopoly at risk • employers concerned about competency • employers relying less on diplomas • Outcomes assessment coming on line • Western Governors University • Accreditation agencies • New competition • Traditional “service areas” fair game • New for-profit educational providers

  10. The Changing Higher Education Environment • The “bookless” campus • e-Libraries • NetLibrary • Questia • XanEdu • Jones e-global Library • Services • 24-7 reference desks • Online chat book advice • e-Book reading devices on loan

  11. The Calendar • Rio Salado College in Phoenix • The University of Phoenix

  12. Learned centric Semester/tri-mester/quarter Set enrollments (e.g., once a year) Institutions act independently Learning centric Varying lengths of time for learning modules Continuous enrollments (e.g., once every two weeks) Institutions act with partners Old Paradigm New Paradigm

  13. Degrees based on credit hours Information transfer via classrooms/library Degrees based on competency exams Information transfer anytime, anywhere Old Paradigm New Paradigm

  14. Student role = empty vessel Faculty role = actor Faculty lecture Faculty responsible for content, media, assessment Student role = knowledge creator Faculty role = director Faculty use projects, shared learning Faculty work as part of instructional team Old Paradigm New Paradigm

  15. Publications refereed via professional associations and commercial publishers Print publication the primary mode of information transfer Institutions publish professors’ papers, drafts, notes via open Web access Institutions sponsor their professors’ manuscripts to refereed Web-based open access professional journals Free online publication as prominent as print publications Old Paradigm New Paradigm

  16. How to Free Up Resources • Move all financial transactions to the Internet • Shift to open source software for routine administrative and business operations • Install WLANS in lieu of hard-wiring • Outsource in-house computing operations

  17. How can college and university leaders change institutional culture to more effectively address the demands and challenges of the future?

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