Serving the New Majority Student: Working from Within to Transform the Institution

The New Majority Student: Working from Within to Transform Higher Education is a call to transform colleges and universities to meet the academic and student experience needs of New Majority students, who are older, likely to swirl among institutions, and have significant adult responsibilities outside of the classroom. The book utilizes a business perspective to academic transformation, providing a guide to how institutions can redefine and restructure their education product to meet student needs.

Format: Hardback
Length: 126 pages
Publication date: 13 March 2018
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

The traditional model of higher education was primarily crafted to cater to the requirements of full-time 18-22-year-old students who transitioned directly from high school. However, the landscape of higher education has undergone a significant shift, with the emergence of the New Majority Student. This cohort of students is characterized by their age, which often spans beyond the traditional college age, their tendency to navigate through multiple institutions, and the significant adult responsibilities they carry outside of the classroom. Recognizing the need for transformation, the book titled "The New Majority Student: Working from Within to Transform Higher Education" emerges as a call to action. It advocates for the transformation of colleges and universities to better meet the academic and student experience needs of the New Majority students. Furthermore, it encourages adult educators to assume the role of advocates, allies, and resources for the necessary reforms.

Contributors to the book, drawn from a diverse range of faculty, staff, and administrators at public, private, and community colleges, offer valuable insights into this transformative journey. The book adopts a business perspective to academic transformation, providing a comprehensive guide for universities to redefine and restructure their education product to align with the evolving needs of students. By adopting a Human Centered Design approach, the contributors offer frameworks and examples of how institutions can reallocate technology, effort, and finances to reimagine programs and ensure long-term institutional health.

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The traditional model of higher education was primarily crafted to cater to the requirements of full-time 18-22-year-old students who transitioned directly from high school.

However, the landscape of higher education has undergone a significant shift, with the emergence of the New Majority Student. This cohort of students is characterized by their age, which often spans beyond the traditional college age, their tendency to navigate through multiple institutions, and the significant adult responsibilities they carry outside of the classroom.

Recognizing the need for transformation, the book titled "The New Majority Student: Working from Within to Transform Higher Education" emerges as a call to action. It advocates for the transformation of colleges and universities to better meet the academic and student experience needs of the New Majority students. Furthermore, it encourages adult educators to assume the role of advocates, allies, and resources for the necessary reforms.

Contributors to the book, drawn from a diverse range of faculty, staff, and administrators at public, private, and community colleges, offer valuable insights into this transformative journey. The book adopts a business perspective to academic transformation, providing a comprehensive guide for universities to redefine and restructure their education product to align with the evolving needs of students. By adopting a Human Centered Design approach, the contributors offer frameworks and examples of how institutions can reallocate technology, effort, and finances to reimagine programs and ensure long-term institutional health.

Weight: 342g
Dimension: 159 x 236 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781475836004