The idea of the digital university : ancient traditions, disruptive technologies and the battle for the soul of higher education / Frank Bryce McCluskey; Melanie Lynn Winter.

Includes bibliography (page 237-257) and index.

Part I: The beginning of the life and times of a digital revolution. A new kind of university -- A new script for work, play and education -- Is higher education experiencing a crisis? -- Part II: The story of higher education : a historic overview. Medieval Europe to Colonial America to land-grant universities -- The Twentieth and Twenty-first centuries -- The quarrel between the ancients and moderns -- The professor as craftsman in the Digital age -- Part III: How the Digital age changed accreditation, academic freedom and governance. Diversity and oversight in higher education -- Academic freedom, governance and change -- Digital fingerprints -- Rethinking college structure and governance for the Digital age -- Part IV: New windows of opportunity and redefined jobs. Big data and the future of higher education -- The changing roles of registrars and librarians -- Tradition versus disruption and the birth of online education -- Part V: a new higher education rooted in tradition and supported by modern digital technologies. How traditional non-profits and modern, online for-profits can find a balance that satisfies administrators, faculty and students -- A core curriculum in today's digital age based on traditional philosophies -- The economics of higher education -- The major elements and essence of the digital university -- Author's biographies -- Bibliography -- Index.