Public rollout of the University Innovation Alliance in Washington, DC on September 16, 2014.
Featuring Danette Howard, Vice President for Policy and Mobilization, Lumina Foundation; President Mark Becker, Georgia State University, Vice Chair, University Innovation Alliance; David Leonhardt, Managing Editor of the Upshot, The New York Times; Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor, University of Kansas; Kim A. Wilcox, Chancellor, University of California, Riverside; John C.
University Innovation Alliance (UIA) Chair and ASU President Dr. Michael Crow speaks about the challenge facing our country and the need for collaboration to serve more students at the September 16, 2014 public rollout event.
On February 10, 2014, President Crow shared lessons learned from Arizona State University's global partnerships with leading universities, ministries of Science & Technology, development agencies, and corporations, as well as from its work fostering local development. ASU, one of the largest public universities in the U.S. with over 70,000 students, is leading innovation among higher education institutions seeking to improve excellence, access, and impact.
As both purveyors of knowledge and trainers of future job seekers, colleges and universities in the US today must be increasingly nimble in their response to the mounting pressures of global competition for ambitious students, top researchers, and access to emerging industry leaders. By necessity, the landscape of 21st century American higher education will look increasingly different from past models.
The panel on November 14 will be tasked with proposing the kind of disruptive innovations that can retain America's preeminence in higher education. Discussion topics will include: Digital technology will play an increasingly important role in higher education. What are the pros and cons of that trend? Will non-traditional, for-profit colleges and universities lead the innovation? And if they do, will many of our campus-based institutions go the way of the typewriter and rotary telephone? Are MOOCS (Massively Open Online Courses) the wave of the future or a passing fad?
David Berliner talked about the book he wrote with Sharon Nichols, Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools. He argued that the testing mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act compromises education. He said that the pressures of high-stakes testing leads to corruption in the form of increased cheating among both teachers and students, and noted that this deprives students of a well-rounded education. He responded to audience members' questions.
Featuring David C. Berliner, Professor, Arizona State University, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.
Educators spoke about a school dropout problem which was especially prevalent in ethnic minority communities. Among the topics they addressed were a recent study of the extent of the dropout problem in minority and urban communities, systemic problems within the nation's schools, and potential initiatives to lower dropout rates. They answered questions from the audience.
Featuring David Beaulieu, Director, Arizona State University, Center for Indian Education; Norma V.
President Obama's commencement speech (with introduction by Dr. Michael Crow) at the Arizona State University Commencement 2009. Featuring Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University and Barack Obama, President, United States of America.
If 2012 was the year of the Massive Open Online Course, according to the New York Times, 2013 was something of a reality check. MOOCs were meant to give people all over the United States (and the world) access to the best lecturers and classes from some of America's top universities. But their first iterations have been beset with problems--lack of student engagement, high dropout rates--leading critics to question their long-term value.
On Thursday, June 4, 2015, the Frank Rhodes Lecture on the Creation of the Future featured Ben Nelson, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Minvera Project in Washington, D.C. Ben Nelson is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Minerva Project and former head of Snapfish.