This book will bring awareness to community college administrators and faculty to the recent technological developments, such as Artificial Intelligence, autonomous vehicles, personal robots, 3-D printing, the Internet of Things, nanotechnology, genome research, bitcoin, and quantum computing. These technologies will require radical change in the operation of community colleges. This book describes the new technologies, discusses the impact on the community college environment, and provides recommendations for modifying college operations.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Darrel W. Staat
EAN: 9781475843620
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 218 g
HEIGHT: 221 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Rowman & Littlefield
DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-06-05
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GENRE: EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Computers & Technology
WIDTH: 151 cm
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Book Themes:
Educational administration and organization, Secondary schools, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational equipment and technology, computer-aided learning (CAL)
This book touches many of the changes we are currently facing or will face in the near future. Change is coming at a rapid pace and we as Technical/Community College leaders must embrace these changes and lead the way., Facing an Exponential Future: Technology and the Community College,” captivates the reader’s mind and emotion with what seems an overwhelming plethora of change factors already shaping our world as we know it. Our individual challenge will be keeping up with the breadth and depth of such exponential change!, Our nation was built on a blue collar, technical workforce, and our ability to refocus the education system to integrate and train a workforce for emerging technologies is critical for future growth of the economy! This book chronicles many of the current challenges., It was an interesting read and certainly makes one step back and think how things have changed and the acceleration for the present and future., This is a must-read for all community college administrators who want to continue to be a dominant force in workforce development in the 21st century. The book makes a compelling case that our current delivery models are antiquated and doomed and that exploding technologies cannot be ignored. Furthermore, it makes the case is a forthright, understandable, and yet, entertaining way.
Darrel W. Staat is past president of two technical colleges in Maine and one community college in Virginia before he assumed the presidency of the South Carolina Technical College System. Currently he serves as Professor and Coordinator of the Ed.D. Community College Executive Leadership Program at Wingate University (Ballantyne Campus) in Charlotte, North Carolina.
