The Futures Initiative, a program under the office of the executive vice president, hosted a panel Thursday — titled “University Futures: A President’s Panel” — between four university and college presidents. Moderated by President Jim Ryan, the panelists discussed the prospective futures of each of their institutions, with an emphasis on increasing interdisciplinary teaching opportunities […]
Educational institutions embedding VR within their curricula will be graduating individuals who are adaptable and prepared for the demands of a tech-centric global economy while at the forefront of shaping its future direction.
While some Republicans commented on Shafik's stronger poise and direction in condemning antisemitism than her Harvard and UPenn counterparts in December, the president of nine months repeatedly found herself in the tiger's jaw from representatives' fervent questions.
Incubator programming helps students gain entrepreneurial skills and face new career opportunities and provides business partners with pools of future employees that have the skills and expertise they are looking for in new hires.
He says he no longer wants to be a 'distraction' and succumbs to pressure after admitting involvement in mocking a sexual assault accuser tied to the ex-governor.
No institution can be better than its faculty. An institution can be better than its president, its football team, its library and its food service—but if the faculty are weak, the institution is weak. We are in an exciting time for faculty in that their roles are expanding with new opportunities in online education, MOOCs, […]
The challenges for executives operating state-wide higher education Systems and the flagship research universities within those Systems have grown more baffling with each passing year. From UMass and UNC to LSU, Wisconsin, and Oregon, we hear regularly about frustrated and embroiled leadership. Public Systems have always been subject to strains, both within themselves and beyond, […]
