The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780465079728)

A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past -- and shows how we can revolutionize it for our era of constant change

Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925. It was in those decades that the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, all in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T.

As Cathy N. Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she introduces us to innovators who are remaking college for our own time by emphasizing student-centered learning that values creativity in the face of change above all. The New Education ultimately shows how we can teach students not only to survive but to thrive amid the challenges to come.

Author: Cathy N. Davidson
ISBN-10: 0465079725
ISBN-13: 9780465079728
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2017
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2017
Library Journal 10/15/2017 pg. 96
Choice 09/01/2018

About the Author
Cathy N. Davidson directs the Futures Initiative at CUNY. She is the author of many books, including Now You See It, and has written for the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company, among others. Davidson lives in New York, NY.