{"product_id":"abelard-to-apple-the-fate-of-american-colleges-and-universities","title":"Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAbelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRichard A DeMillo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780262015806\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMit Pr\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vast majority of American college students attend two thousand or so private and public institutions that might be described as the Middle--reputable educational institutions, but not considered equal to the elite and entrenched upper echelon of the Ivy League and other prestigious schools. Richard DeMillo has a warning for these colleges and universities in the Middle: If you do not change, you are heading for irrelevance and marginalization. In \"Abelard to Apple,\" DeMillo argues that these institutions, clinging precariously to a centuries-old model of higher education, are ignoring the social, historical, and economic forces at work in today's world. In the age of iTunes, open source software, and for-profit online universities, there are new rules for higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeMillo, who has spent years in both academia andin industry, explains how higher education arrived at its current parlous state and offers a road map for the twenty-first century. He describes the evolving model for higher education, from European universities based on a medieval model to American land-grant colleges to Apple's iTunes U and MIT's OpenCourseWare. He offers ten rules to help colleges reinvent themselves (including \"Don't romanticize your weaknesses\") and argues for a focus on teaching undergraduates. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeMillo's message--for colleges and universities, students, alumni, parents, employers, and politicians--is that any college or university can change course if it defines a compelling value proposition (one not based in \"institutional envy\" of Harvard and Berkeley) and imagines an institution that delivers it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Mit Pr","offers":[{"title":"Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities | Richard A DeMillo | Hardcover | 9780262015806 | Used: Like New | Education 1645220","offer_id":48422913900696,"sku":"1645220","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/613dD2wMu4L.jpg?v=1773342263","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/abelard-to-apple-the-fate-of-american-colleges-and-universities","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}