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Case Assignment: The Future of IU/HIGher education
"The truth is that over the next decade, many universities may bankrupt themselves by clinging to an educational approach that confuses lecturing with learning, protects highly paid, tenure faculties and administrators from a tsumani of technological change that soon will deliver transformational learning at a fraction of today's costs." (Jeff Sandefer, The Real Problems of Higher Ed)
Prior to making recommendations to the administration and Board of Trustees about the future of Indiana University and higher education, you will need a good understanding of the current state of the industry and the challenges it faces.
Higher Education (Background Information):
| Includs several reports in the "Education" topic that will be helpful, including a history of universities and a global outlook. |
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Includes several viewpoint articles on "for profit" institutions. |
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| Academic Search (EBSCO) | Look for news and articles about higher education and the current landscape. |
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Indiana University History, Structure, and Growth:
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Utilize the "Leadership" and "Initiatives" pages to get an overview of IU's structure and growth. The "Chronology of Indiana University" page details important events in IU's history. |
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Utilize the subject term "Indiana University--History" to obtain books with detailed IU history. |
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Look for news articles related to IU, challenges, and changes. In addition, provides interview/quotes with administrators and Trustees. |
NOTE: The Herald Times is available only from workstations in the Wells Library on the Bloomington campus. |
Indiana University Current Strategy:
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Look at IU's mission and goals. |
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A 2011 report issued to strengthen academic and business affairs across the university. |
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Recommendation Support:
| Chronicle of Higher Education |
The premier publication for faculty and administrators in colleges and universities. |
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Education Full-text provides abstracting and indexing to 427 core international periodicals, yearbooks, and monographs covering preschool, elementary, secondary, higher, and adult education. Use in conjunction with ERIC through the EBSCO suite of databases. |
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| Look at news articles from a variety of perspectives related to higher education in general and various aspects of problems/solutions. |
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Supporting Documents
| Financial Statements |
