Innovative And Sustainable Redesign: A Constant Need For Higher Education

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The innovative and sustainable redesign is a constant need in higher education. This need is due to rapid changes in technology and rapidly fluctuating diversity in students. The majority of American adults believe it is very important to get a good job and earn money, yet many difficulties keep them from going back to school or even continuing after high school (Lumina Foundation, 2013). Such issues individuals experience can be remedied with national institution redesign. Due to the diversity in students, online courses are becoming more popular because the freedom of learning meets the needs of busy adults but there is a still a question of financing. Not only do student needs change with a redesign proposal, institutional needs change as …show more content…

With today’s economy, many students have been forced to put off or give up on school altogether but 72% of adults in the US think it is important to have a degree or certification beyond high school (Lumina, 2013). There are two main issues that prevent students from returning or continuing with higher education, one is affordability. Students believe higher education is highly unaffordable, the other problem is family responsibility. Current adults in the US suggest that a few changes need to be made to the actual process of learning itself to better accommodate them. For the most part, the student side of a redesign is sound and needs very little …show more content…

In higher education, the hierarchal organization is based on shared governance which separates them from other organizations, and this shared governance is based on four frames; structural organization, human relations, political, and symbolic and cultural. In addition, four rights or freedoms are given to institutions to decide who may teach, what shall be taught, how it shall be taught, and who can be admitted for study. With that said, abovementioned changes within a redesign, and changes already implemented in online education would affect faculties in many