Higher Education Planning in an Exponential Age

This book fulfills a need for planning in higher education due to the impending impact of ten twenty-first century technologies: 3D printing, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, bitcoin/blockchain, genome development: agricultural, genome: medical, internet of things, nanotechnology, personal robots, and quantum computing.

Darrel W. Staat is past president of two community colleges in Maine (founding president of one) and one community college in Virginia. He also served as president of the South Carolina Technical College System. He is now professor and coordinator of the EdD Higher Education Executive Leadership Program at Wingate University in North Carolina.

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Toboggan Theory Chapter 2. Higher Education at the Precipice Chapter 3. Technological Impact on Higher Education Chapter 4. Mission and Vision Chapter 5. ARPAC: A Strategic Planning Process Chapter 6.ARPAC Step 1: Awareness Chapter 7.ARPAC Step 2: Research Chapter 8.ARPAC Step 3: Planning Chapter 9.ARPAC Step 4: Action Chapter 10.ARPAC Step 5: Caring Chapter 11. Toward A Successful Future Epilogue Appendix References About the Author