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Education has been disrupted dramatically by culture, technology and economics. The only certainty about the universities of the future is that they will not thrive if left unchanged. Jonathan Cole, John Mitchell Mason Professor at Columbia University, and its former provost, is one of the country's leading academic researchers into higher education. A fierce champion of the merits and benefits of the great American research university, Cole identifies the potential fault-lines that threaten the future of universities and the strategic changes that successful colleges will have to make in order to preserve their intellectual relevance, economic viability and social mission.In turn he examines:Admissions policies;Examinations;Cost;Undergraduate education;The role of the humanitiesThe place for professional schools;Research campuses of the future;Sports;Leadership and governance;The intellectual and legal threats to academic freedom.