Design for Change in Higher Education av Jeffrey T. (Associate Provost for Teaching Learning and Technology) Grabill, Sarah Gretter, Erik (Michigan St

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<p><b>It''s time to design the next iteration of higher education.</b></p><p>There is no question that higher education faces significant challenges. Most of today''s universities aren''t prepared to tackle issues like demographic change, the continued defunding of public education, cost pressures, and the opportunities and challenges of educational technologies. Then, of course, there is the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, which will reverberate for years and may very well usher higher education into an era of significant structural change. Some critics argue that a premium should be placed on change functions¿that is to say, on creativity, innovation, organizational learning, and change management. Yet few institutions of higher education have functions focused on thoughtful, iterative problem-solving and opportunity identification. </p><p>The authors of <i>Design for Change in Higher Education</i> argue that we must imagine and actively make our way to new institutional forms. They