In recent years, the powerful social, cultural and economic changes wrought by digital technology have led many to forecast the end of the university as we know it. This book, for the first time, employs extensive research and case studies to explain why these predictions, even if perhaps somewhat premature, are on solid ground. THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION AND THE COMING OF THE POSTMODERN UNIVERSITY shows how the Internet, high-speed electronic communications and personal computers necessitate a radical rethinking of what is meant by higher education. The author provides concrete data and models for more democratic, restructured systems of instruction that not only take advantage of advanced learning technologies, but promote the globalization of higher education. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.