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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Introduction
Another Lens for Viewing the University
Our Purpose and Approach
Part One: Reframing the Higher Education Crisis
Chapter 1: The Educational Innovator's Dilemma
Voices of Warning from Within
Pressures from Without
The Educational Innovator's Dilemma
The Risk of Disruption
The DNA of the University
Bigger and Better
Two Schools of Thought
The Power of Uniqueness
Part Two: The Great American University
Chapter 2: Puritan College
The Advent of Secularization and Specialization
Transition Years
Chapter 3: Charles Eliot, Father of American Higher Education
Lessons from Europe
The Elective System: Having It All
A Harvard-Style Innovation
Everything at Its Best: Harvard Graduate Schools
Faculty Prerogatives and Influence
Student Freedom
Eliot's Influence on Secondary Education
Eliot's Innovative Influence
Chapter 4: Pioneer Academy
A High Regard for Education
The Early Years in Rexburg
Adopting Traits from the Great Universities
The DNA of Ricks Academy
Chapter 5: Revitalizing Harvard College
Lowell's Strategy
An Unsustainable Financial Reality
Fostering Community at Harvard
Breadth and Depth in the Curriculum
Lowell's Curricular Compromise
A Scholarly Solution Shop and an Instructional Value-Added Process
Promoting Student Excellence
Lowell and the Cause of Academic Freedom
Chapter 6: Struggling College
High Standards and Aspirations
Hard Economic Times
“The State Would Not Have It”
A Return to Religious Values and Growth Aspirations
Chapter 7: The Drive for Excellence
Conant's Meritocracy
Up-or-Out Tenure
Merit-Based Admissions
Harvard During World War II
The Rise of Government-Funded Research
The Redbook
The Redbook and High School Education
The Ivy Agreement
The Essential Genetic Structure
Harvard's Advantages
The Costs of Harvard DNA
Chapter 8: Four-Year Aspirations in Rexburg
Strategic Repositioning
A Bridge Too Far
Expanding in the 1960s
Chapter 9: Harvard's Growing Power and Profile
Fundraising Excellence
Explosive Expansion and Faculty Autonomy
Implications for Instruction
A Changing Student Body
Chapter 10: Staying Rooted
Rightsizing and Enhancing
“A First-Rate College”
Part Three: Ripe for Disruption
Chapter 11: The Weight of the DNA
Internal Strains
A Voice of Warning
Genetic Constraints
Chapter 12: Even at Harvard
A New General Education Program
The Harvard Endowment's Ups and Downs
Harvard's Recovery
Chapter 13: Vulnerable Institutions
Genetic Makeover
Overstretched and Underfunded Schools
Elusive Prestige
Chapter 14: Disruptive Competition
The Would-Be Academic Raider
A Level, High-Speed Playing Field
Disruptive Innovation
Part Four: A New Kind of University
Chapter 15: A Unique University Design
An Unexpected Announcement
Hinckley's Innovative Vision
Eyring's Exhortations
A Focus on Key Disciplines
Chapter 16: Getting Started
Heavyweight Teams and Administrative Engagement
A New Approach to Student Activities
Internships and Career-Oriented Majors
Chapter 17: Raising Quality
Presidential Interregnum
Three Imperatives
Resetting the Academic Calendar and Clock
A Model for Learning
Keys to Implementing the Learning Model
Foundations: A New Approach to General Education
Designing the Foundations Curriculum
Creating the Foundations Courses
Raising Quality Outside of the Classroom
The Necessity of Sacrifice
An Auditorium to Grow Into
Chapter 18: Lowering Cost
From Roxbury to Rexburg
The Challenge to Create High-Quality Online Courses
The Power of Peer Instruction
An Online Course Production System
Graduation Delays
The Creeping Major
Innovative Responses to the Creeping Major Problem
A University Report Card
Chapter 19: Serving More Students
High-Fidelity Higher Education
Enrollment Expansion I and the Fishbone
Enrollment Expansion II: From Rexburg to Manhattan
Customized Higher Education Pathways
The Next Steps
A Tremendous Cost Savings
Reciprocal Benefits
International Pathways
Realizing the Benefits of the New DNA
Part Five: Genetic Reengineering
Chapter 20: New Models
Transcending the Dichotomy
Vital Jobs to Be Done
What Universities Do Best
Unique Assets
The Efficiency Imperative
“Work That the World Wants Done”
Suicide by Imitation
Making Choices
Chapter 21: Students and Subjects
A Focused Choice of Students
The Student as Primary Constituent
Helping Students “Achieve the Dream”
Subject Matter Focus
Beyond the Rational Curriculum and the Formal Classroom
Chapter 22: Scholarship
A Scholarship Model Inherited from a Golden Age
The Scholarship Challenge for Modern-Day A. Lawrence Lowells
The Growing Challenge of Discovery Research
A Broader Definition of Scholarship
The Need for New Scholarship Incentives
The Tenure Debate
The Right Kind of Tenure
The Scholar's Out-of-Class Activities
Chapter 23: New DNA
Assessing Capabilities and Making Choices
Prerequisites for Successful Conversations about Tradeoffs
Different Types of Tradeoffs
General Genetic Recommendations
The Benefits of Growth and an Emphasis on Quality
You Get What You Measure
Meaningful Success Measures
Chapter 24: Change and the Indispensable University
Enhanced Freedom and Usefulness
Our Cautious Optimism
Pruning and Focusing
The Authors
Innosight Institute
Notes
Preface
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1: The Educational Innovator's Dilemma: Threat of Danger, Reasons for Hope
Part II
Chapter 2: Puritan College:
Chapter 3: Charles Eliot, Father of American Higher Education:
Chapter 4: Pioneer Academy:
Chapter 5: Revitalizing Harvard College:
Chapter 6: Struggling College
Chapter 7: The Drive for Excellence:
Chapter 8: Four-Year Aspirations in Rexburg:
Chapter 9: Harvard's Growing Power and Profile:
Chapter 10: Staying Rooted:
Part III
Chapter 11: The Weight of the DNA
Chapter 12: Even at Harvard:
Chapter 13: Vulnerable Institutions:
Chapter 14: Disruptive Competition:
Part IV
Chapter 15: A Unique University Design:
Chapter 16: Getting Started:
Chapter 17: Raising Quality:
Chapter 18: Lowering Cost:
Chapter 19: Serving More Students:
Part V
Chapter 20: New Models:
Chapter 21: Students and Subjects:
Chapter 22: Scholarship:
Chapter 23: New DNA:
Chapter 24: Change and the Indispensable University:
Index
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