The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Education Series
• Author: Heller, Richard Frederick.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (89 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• 1 Some Context: From First to Fourth Generation Universities
• References
• 2 The Problem with Universities Today
• 2.1 Managerialism Creates Burdens for Academics with No Evidence of Benefit
• 2.2 Business Imperatives Override Educational Imperatives
• 2.3 Needless Competition Between Universities Leads to Duplication
• 2.4 Research Imperatives, Including for Academic Advancement, Override Educational Reward Systems
• 2.5 Local Educational Needs are Ignored for Overseas Student Income
• 2.6 Global Inequalities in Educational Need are Ignored
• 2.7 Universities have Not Kept Up with the Way Young People Gain Information
• 2.8 Environmental Sustainability is Ignored
• References
• 3 Solutions
• 3.1 Develop Trust in Academic Staff to Replace Managerialism
• 3.2 Focus on Collaboration-And a New Taxonomy
• 3.3 A Proposal for an 'International Baccalaureate' for Higher Education
• 3.4 Utilise Volunteers as Untapped Educators
• 3.5 Move to Online Learning
• 3.6 Place Education in a Framework of Environmental Sustainability-The Distributed University
• 3.7 Use Open Educational Resources
• 3.8 Take Advantage of Modern Technology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
• 3.9 Develop a True Global Perspective to Reduce Global Inequalities in Access to, and Benefits of, Higher Education
• 3.10 Reduce Reliance on Overseas Student Fees and Develop the 'Global Online Learning' Programme
• 3.11 Plan E for Education-Increasing Online Public Access to Higher Education
• References
• 4 But How Can We Afford It?
• 4.1 Separating Teaching and Research Funds and Functions
• 4.2 Making Trust the Major Mechanism for Ensuring Quality
• 4.3 Changing the Educational Process
• Reference
• 5 A Case Study-Peoples-uni, and Conclusions
• 5.1 Peoples-uni
• 5.2 Conclusions
• References.