...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...

... of higher education, as there is less need for synchronous place and time. In the digitally driven future of higher education, three-dimensional classroom spaces will still be needed. They will not be used in the traditional manner and they will not be the traditional kind. They will be bigger...

... Philanthropy Futures Education technology Endowments The history and purpose that lead to the founding of the early universities is well-documented, studied and dissected from their early founding around the 1100’s in Europe. These institutions were largely underwritten by either the Church...

... on the awarding of degrees of graduates. At times, there has also been a “heavy hand” placed on both who might be hired and what they might “profess” through either research or teaching. That exists within universities, today. Innovation Change management Knowledge management Universities futures...

... in a technology-driven societal model of the future. Arbesman (2012) has pointed out that the speed of computers and the rapid increase in the amount of stored information has created a situation where these “Fast Adders” [1] can find and operationalize knowledge connections that humans could never...

...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...

... 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...

... 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...