Gearing Up for Learning Beyond K-12 by Bryan Alexander considers why we must rethink our understanding of postsecondary education in the United States. The resources available for learning are altering the jump from high school to college and transforming higher education. Focusing on a variety of critical factors, Alexander offers evidence for the changing landscape of education beyond K-12. He draws attention to the sustained developments most likely to impact the future of higher education and proposes new directions postsecondary learning may take. Teachers, administrators, and students will: Survey the effects of technology on higher education, Study demographic and socioeconomic changes impacting higher education, Consider the cost/value crisis in American higher education, Interpret changing patterns in American students' college enrollment, Review tools learners may access without visiting campus or enrolling in college. Book jacket.