by Lucy Apthorp Leske, Inside Higher Ed
“Fundamental change is coming to higher education,” say Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring in their book, The Innovative University, and the change will be driven by “…the confluence of unsustainable cost increases in the traditional model and a disruptive technology [online learning].” Whether they like it or not, higher education leaders have become immersed in the deep end of a complex pool of issues. Most come prepared with some sense of how to swim through strategic resource decisions to enhance academic quality, faculty retention, cost analysis, market positioning, and enrollment challenges. But what they, and leaders of all organizations world wide, are less skilled or experienced in is an understanding of technology, be it disruptive or established. The question is, what should leaders of today’s colleges and universities know about technology in order to manage the inevitable change that disruptive technology will bring?
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