ABSTRACT

The 60-Year Curriculum explores models and strategies for lifelong learning in an era of profound economic disruption and reinvention. Over the next half-century, globalization, regional threats to sustainability, climate change, and technologies such as artificial intelligence and data mining will transform our education and workforce sectors. In turn, higher education must shift to offer every student life-wide opportunities for the continuous upskilling they will need to achieve decades of worthwhile employability. This cutting-edge book describes the evolution of new models—covering computer science, inclusive design, critical thinking, civics, and more—by which universities can increase learners’ trajectories across multiple careers from mid-adolescence to retirement. Stakeholders in workforce development, curriculum and instructional design, lifelong learning, and higher and continuing education will find a unique synthesis offering valuable insights and actionable next steps.

chapter 1|24 pages

Introduction

Reconceptualizing Higher Education and Lifelong Learning in the Era of the Synergistic Digital Economy

chapter 2|16 pages

Education, Age, and the Machine

chapter 6|17 pages

Known for Whom We Include

Designing Models for Lifelong Education at Arizona State University

chapter 7|15 pages

Market-Driven Education

The Imperative for Responsive Design and Application

chapter 8|13 pages

The Role and Potential of University-Based Executive Education and Professional Development Programs in the 60-Year Curriculum

A Case Example of an Intensive Residential Program for Higher Education Leaders