Make the Most of Tomorrow

Autor/in	Hignite, Karla
Titel	Make the Most of Tomorrow
Quelle	In: Planning for Higher Education, 35 (2007) 2, S.48-52 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0736-0983
Schlagwörter	Conferences (Gatherings); Higher Education; Creative Thinking; Educational Trends; Educational Planning; Futures (of Society); Long Range Planning; Change Strategies; Professional Associations; Web Sites + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kreatives Denken; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsplanung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Langfristige Planung; Lösungsstrategie; Web-Design
Abstract	Institutions should not assume that since they can't predict the future they should not consider it. Instead, they can use their imagination to anticipate any number of possible, probable, positive, and even preventable futures. Attendees of the joint conference, "Campus of the Future: A Meeting of the Minds," in Hawai'i this past July--hosted by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (APPA), and the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)--recently did just that. They joined colleagues from their respective institutional types (research, comprehensive/doctoral, and small institutions and community colleges) to identify driving forces likely to shape the future of U.S. colleges and universities and to develop scenarios depicting what they believe is most likely to occur during the next five to seven years. The act of futuring encompasses a variety of ways to apply foresight and creativity to a situation that is likely to take place in the short, intermediate or long-term future. A key aim of any futuring activity is to address in imaginative and logical ways the possible reality constructions that may act as a magnet for action. The goal is to then take a proactive stance toward the future--to become change capable rather than change averse. This article discusses how to steer one's institution toward a bright future through creative thinking. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Society for College and University Planning. 339 East Liberty Street Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Tel: 734-998-7832; Fax: 734-998-6532; e-mail: info@scup.org; Web site: http://www.scup.org/PHE
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10