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New digital texts shake up monograph publishing (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

” In recent years, Brown University Library has expanded its innovation in digital scholarship by pushing beyond the boundaries of the traditional printed monograph. Asking readers to imagine Islam anew, as a vast web of interconnected traces seen through the prism of time, the book opens with a networked table of contents.

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Institutional autonomy: does it need an ‘academic community’?

HEPI

In 2011 a White Paper, Students at the heart of the system , proposed a revised ‘regulatory régime’, in which new kinds of provider of higher education would have greater freedom about what they wanted to do or to be. This piece is the second part of two on the topic of institutional autonomy.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

I recently ran across a white paper called Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution out of MIT’s J-WEL center. While the paper contains no groundbreaking new ideas, the gestalt of it is interesting and timely. My call with him confirmed my sense that this paper is worth writing about.

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Beyond Ideas: Implementing Innovative Structures in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 179 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Philomena "Philly" Mantella

The Change Leader, Inc.

Implementing Innovative Structures Innovation in higher education is not just about generating ideas; it’s about putting those ideas into action and breaking down structural barriers that no longer serve today’s diverse demographic. Innovation Beyond Ideas Innovation isn’t confined to brainstorming sessions and novel concepts.