GSE Faculty Research
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of this Version
2016
Publication Source
American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges
Start Page
432
Last Page
461
Abstract
No book designed to inform understanding of how higher education is influenced by and responds to societal changes, demands, and progress would be complete without a chapter on technology. Defined as "the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life," technology is a fundamental element of any society.1 Technology is more than cutting-edge, advanced, "high-tech" innovations and is not limited to "technology sectors" like aerospace, nanotechnology, and robotics. Rather, the term "technology" refers to the tools that are available in the society in which we live and work, and that may be applied and leveraged to achieve various goals and purposes.
Copyright/Permission Statement
Copyright © 2016 Johns Hopkins University Press. This material first appeared in American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century. Bastedo, M.N., Altbach, P.G., & Gumport, P.J. (Eds.), pp. 432-461. Reprinted with permission by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Recommended Citation
Perna, L. W., & Ruiz, R. (2016). Technology: The Solution to Higher Education's Pressing Problems?. American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges, 432-461. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/gse_pubs/425
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Date Posted: 06 November 2017