...M. Jayne Fleener; Chrystal Coble Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop queer futuring strategies that take into consideration adult learners’ needs in support of transformational and sustainable change for social justice and equity. Design/methodology/approach This paper develops...

...Stephen John Aguilar-Millan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the links between the practice of gaming and the practice of futures. Design/methodology/approach The approach is to isolate the steps involved in game design and compare them with the steps involved in designing...

... College. Command College is an academically oriented executive development program intended to “invest in the future” as its students – mid-career police managers – acquire the tools and skills necessary to be promoted to executive positions. This paper aims to answer the question, “Does the Command...

... today will exist in a new, undefined set of embodiments in the future. It also fails to consider the changing environment of and expectations for educational institutions, as competencies and other criteria not only change the very nature of education but also as “big data” can support more complex...

... are often just as quaint. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Higher education Futures Campus Colleges and universities Digital transformation Estate/facilities management In the evolutionary process of digital transformation now underway, the metaphorical walls and gates...

...”. The foundation won the lawsuit and recovered funds that were directed elsewhere. Higher education Foundations Philosophy Philanthropy Futures Education technology Endowments In fact, before, during and after any mention of expectations for any knowledge of substance was never articulated...

... in a technology-driven societal model of the future. For many whose work entails, in part, forward casting probabilities of future time, be it almost instantaneous moves in the financial markets, envisioning trends in women's fashions, or the emergent of major shift in technology, the world itself seems...

... – This is an original piece assessing the effects of the cost of knowledge acquisition asymptotically approaching zero on the institution that, at one time, was the gatekeeper and transmitter of such knowledge. Innovation Change management Knowledge management Universities futures Knowledge assets MOOC's...

... needs to rethink its resource allocations for development. The public needs to understand the impact of investing in early childhood to see the benefits and returns in near‐term as opposed to an unspecified future return. Originality/value This editorial challenges conventional wisdom...

...Simon Stephens Purpose As people again consider what the future holds for higher education, this paper aims to provide a review of the futures documented for higher education. Authors including McNay; Schuller; Bourner et al.; Abeles; Avila and Ledger; Tynan and Lee; and Melville‐Ross...

... hypothesis” but is now a “structural reality” of the world we live in (p. 46). This recognition does not necessarily lead to a “gloom and doom” conclusion but can instead represent new, alternative prospects for humanity's future; since the notion of “collapse” is by no means “monolithic...