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Conversations About Higher Education

Long View Conversations About Higher Education

We offered one-hour virtual seminars on long-term trends affecting higher education. Featured speakers presented on emerging issues for 30-minutes, followed by 30-minute conversations between the speaker and attendees.

Past conversations included:

  • Beyond the Third Mission: Re-purposing Universities for Sustainable Human Progress, with Iain Stewart, El Hassan Research Chair for Sustainability, UNESCO Chair in Geoscience and Society, Professor of Geoscience Communication, Sustainable Earth Institute University of Plymouth, UK
  • Disruptive Science, with Russell Funk, Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
  • AI in Higher Education, with James Lester, Director of the NSF AI Institute for Engaged Learning and NC State Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
  • Demographic Change and U.S. Enrollment Trends, with Patrick Lane, Vice President of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s Policy Analysis and Research unit
  • Academic Big Data, with Daniel Larremore, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • The Biggest Class in the World, with Pia Sorensen, Senior Preceptor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Materials, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

If you would like more information about Long View Conversations on Higher Education, please contact us at [email protected].