Routledge Staying Online: How to Navigate Digital Higher Education

In Staying Online, one of our most respected online learning leaders offers uncommon insights into how to reimagine digital higher education. As colleges and universities increasingly recognize that online learning is central to the future of post-secondary education, faculty and senior leaders must now grapple with how to assimilate, manage, and grow effective programs. Looking deeply into the dynamics of online learning today, Robert Ubell maps its potential to boost marginalized students, stabilize shifts in retention and tuition, and balance nonprofit and commercial services. This impressive collection spans the author’s day-to-day experiences as a digital learning pioneer, presents pragmatic yet forward-thinking solutions on scaling-up and digital economics, and prepares managers, administrators, provosts, and other leaders to educate our unsettled college students as online platforms fully integrate into the mainstream. Review Praise for Staying Online: How to Navigate Digital Higher Education"For many years I have enjoyed reading Bob Ubell’s essays on online and digital education for their unique and insightful takes on important issues in online learning. I particularly appreciate his ability to shine a light on critical issues in engaging and accessible language. Ubell revisits and expands on many of his ideas in Staying Online, while including essential new chapters on remote learning in response to the pandemic and how his views have changed over time. The result is very much more than the sum of its parts. This volume is a must-read for all educators involved with online learning―which, these days, is all educators."―Karen Swan, Stukel Professor of Educational Leadership at University of Illinois Springfield, USA"This collection of relevant chapters about online learning are essential readings and highly recommended for higher education leaders and faculty today. Bob Ubell has been a prominent and distinguished thought leader in the field for more than two decades. His insight and vision provide important guidance to our colleges and universities during this critical period."―Eric E. Fredericksen, Associate Vice President for Online Learning at University of Rochester, USA"Digital higher education has a rich history and is often misunderstood. In this useful, contemporary collection of perspectives built on his extensive experience as an industry pioneer, Bob Ubell traces how online learning is evolving―with an eye toward the inevitable future where digital education is not a novelty but is instead a central, integrated aspect of how higher education institutions operate."―Sean Gallagher, Executive Director of the Center for the Future of Higher Education & Talent Strategy at Northeastern University, USA"Bob [Ubell] has a wealth of experience in leading and developing online programs having had major administrative positions at Stevens Institute of Technology and New York University. His knowledge is evident in this book and [he] shares many kernels of practical advice on how to move a college or university forward in their online program initiatives. . . . I recommend Staying Online to higher education administrators who feel they need a bit more understanding of the universe of online learning."―Anthony G. Picciano, Professor of Education Leadership at Hunter College and Professor in the PhD program in Urban Education at the City University of New York Graduate Center, USA"A powerful resource for administrators and faculty . . . it provides the opportunity to have a veteran pioneer at your side as you plan your own innovations as we continue to respond to the emergency and, at the same time, build the basis for the post-pandemic environment. . . . Staying Online allows innovators to better help their institutions scale up online learning in this rapidly evolving field."―Gary E. Miller, Executive Director Emeritus of Penn State World Campus at the Pennsylvania State University, USA"Bob Ub