The field of engineering involving computer-based hardware and software systems, and communication systems, to enable the acquisition, representation, storage, transmission, and use of information.
Challenges Facing Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century Ami Zusman The twenty-first century has brought with it profound challenges to the nature, values, and control of higher education in the United States. Societal expectations and public resources for higher education are undergoing fundamental shifts.
Many of the progressive concerns in the 20 th Century had roots in our previous history. 1  Suffrage. 2  When the U.S. was founded, only white men were allowed to vote and elect representatives to government. 3  In the new 20 th Century, many women were demanding suffrage, or the right to vote.