Out of the crises of American higher education emerges a new class
of large-scale public universities designed to accelerate social
change through broad access to world-class knowledge production and
cutting-edge technological innovation. America's research
universities lead the world in discovery, creativity, and
innovation-but are captive to a set of design constraints that no
longer aligns with the changing needs of society. Their commitment
to discovery and innovation, which is carried out largely in
isolation from the socioeconomic challenges faced by most
Americans, threatens to impede the capacity of these institutions
to contribute decisively and consistently to the collective good.
The global preeminence of our leading institutions, moreover, does
not correlate with overall excellence in American higher education.
Sadly, admissions practices that flatly exclude the majority of
academically qualified applicants are now the norm in our leading
universities, both public and private. In The Fifth Wave, Michael
M. Crow and William B. Dabars argue that colleges and universities
need to be comprehensively redesigned in order to educate millions
more qualified students while leveraging the complementarities
between discovery and accessibility. Building on the themes of
their prior collaboration, Designing the New American University,
this book examines the historical development of American higher
education-the first four waves-and describes the emerging standard
of institutions that will transform the field. What must emerge in
this Fifth Wave of universities, Crow and Dabars posit, are
institutions that are responsive to the needs of students, focused
on access, embedded in their regions, and committed to solving
global problems. The Fifth Wave in American higher education, Crow
and Dabars write, comprises an emerging league of colleges and
universities that aspires to accelerate positive social outcomes
through the seamless integration of world-class knowledge
production with cutting-edge technological innovation. This set of
institutions is dedicated to the advancement of accessibility to
the broadest possible demographic that is representative of the
socioeconomic and intellectual diversity of our nation. Recognizing
the fact that both cooperation and competition between universities
is essential if higher education hopes to truly serve the needs of
the nation, Fifth Wave schools like Arizona State University are
already beginning to spearhead a network spanning academia,
business and industry, government agencies and laboratories, and
civil society organizations. Drawing from a variety of disciplines,
including design, economics, public policy, organizational theory,
science and technology studies, sociology, and even cognitive
psychology and epistemology, The Fifth Wave is a must-read for
anyone concerned with the future of higher education in our
society.
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