The Innovative University illustrates how higher education can respond to the forces of disruptive innovation, and offers a nuanced and hopeful ana...
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Feb 05, 2012
Emma
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What a book! This was a great way to begin my graduate studies in higher education administration because it was so incredibly informative. Christensen exposes the issues in higher education today by tracking the evolution of our education from the very beginnings. He tracks the history of Harvard because many traditional colleges are still trying to be just like them when they really cannot. He also tracks the history of BYU-I because it broke the mold. It chose to be different and embraced it
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Dec 31, 2011
Fred
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It is not a book like Porter's Redefining Health Care
But it created an impact for me. May be because i am a newbie in higher education.
Creating that impact took a long time. Skip all the history stuff (just study the tables) and focus on the last chapters, dealing with the challenges.
I missed parts about the impact of the baby boom or a lengthy discussion how publishers (and even content curators) might become competitors for higher education institutions.
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But it created an impact for me. May be because i am a newbie in higher education.
Creating that impact took a long time. Skip all the history stuff (just study the tables) and focus on the last chapters, dealing with the challenges.
I missed parts about the impact of the baby boom or a lengthy discussion how publishers (and even content curators) might become competitors for higher education institutions.
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Jan 04, 2012
Mike
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A great primer for anyone who wishes to understand the issues higher ed faces today. If you work at a higher ed institution, this book wont alleviate the frustrations you most likely feel, but it will give you some context to understand the nature of those frustrations (they're systemic and not easily solved without major effort from senior management and buy in from employees).
Aug 20, 2011
Hom
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Verbose and not very useful. The 15 tables in the book are all you need to read. And even then, the information is marginal. However, there are some interesting history about Harvard. But on the whole, don't waste your time on this 512 page book. I'm sure there are better ones out there.
Feb 17, 2012
Teppo
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Deep thinking and powerful ideas. However, there's a lot about the history of Harvard and BYU-Idaho, that makes the text a bit slow going at times.
Feb 19, 2012
David
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While it is focused on the American university, there is much here that applies to community colleges
Dec 11, 2011
Judy
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Should have been a journal article, not a book. More than I wanted to know about both college histories.
Jan 27, 2012
Gloria
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I found this book much more interesting than I thought it would be. I'm glad I read it.
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