Higher education futures at the intersection of justice, hope, and educational technology

Our societies face enormous and intertwined economic, demographic, political, ecological, and social challenges.In this environment of uncertainty, doubts about the future of higher education have proliferated, particularly as demographic changes take hold, technology rapidly advances, wealth inequality increases, and climate destabilizes.In response to these challenges, and following experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic, many have argued the time is right to not only tinker with the status quo, but to imagine otherwise, to imagine alternative higher education futures that are more hopeful, more equitable, and radically more just.The articles in this special collection aim to further those efforts, imagine differently, embrace complexity, and address varied kinds of innovations in a wide set of contexts.