The book reexamines this long held belief, and argues that the historical method is an excellent way to think about and represent the future. At the same time, the book asserts that futurists should not view the future as a scientist might--aiming for predictions and certainties--but rather should view the future in the same way that an historian views the past.
Pairing a critique tempered to our current moment with an explanation of how change and disruption might contribute to a new golden agefor higher education, Alternative Universities is an audacious and essential read.
"This book takes up the question of how higher education institutions could benefit from serving new settlers in the migration catalyzed by the shift to remote work"--