Leading Voices in Higher Education

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As the Dartmouth community looks to the future through strategic planning, ideas from beyond campus are critical to the conversation. Beginning in Winter 2012, the new “Leading Voices in Higher Education” strategic planning speaker series brings influential scholars and writers to Hanover for public…

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    • May 7, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
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    Leading Voices in Higher Education: Richard DeMillo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2013 46:30


    Richard DeMillo is an American computer scientist, educator and executive. The current director of the Georgia Tech Center for 21st Century Universities, he is the author of more than 100 articles, books, and patents, including the 2011 book Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities. DeMillo spoke at Dartmouth on May 7, 2013 as part of the Leading Voices in Higher Education strategic planning speaker series.

    Columbia Scholar on Higher Ed's Future

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2013 2:57


    The director of the Center for American Studies at Columbia University talks about online education, the importance of face-to-face interactions in the classroom, and higher education's future.

    Leading Voices in Higher Education: Amanda Lenhart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2013 71:08


    "How Do [They] Even Do That?": How Today's Technology is Shaping Tomorrow's Students Amanda Lenhart directs the Pew Internet & American Life Project's research on teens, children and families. Her other research interests include education, gaming, and networked communication tools like mobile phones, social networks, blogging and microblogging. For her research about and knowledge of youth and their use of technology, Ms. Lenhart has testified before a congressional subcommittee, the FTC and the U.S. States' Attorneys General, and presented her work at numerous academic and non-academic conferences and briefings as well as to the media

    Leading Voices in Higher Education: Anne-Marie Slaughter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2013 72:17


    Gender equality, work-family balance, and "having it all": Anne-Marie Slaughter addressed gender disparity in the workplace in her talk "Why Women Still Can't Have it All: Getting to a Place of Equal Opportunity" in Cook Auditorium at Dartmouth on April 3, 2013. Part of a commemoration of 40 years of coeducation at Dartmouth.

    Leading Voices in Higher Education: Daphne Koller

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2013 46:37


    The cofounder of Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform offering courses from top universities online, free, for anyone who wants to take them, speaks at Dartmouth about a new wave of tech-enabled teaching and learning in "The Online Revolution: Education for Everyone" on April 1, 2013 in Filene Auditorium.

    Leading Voices in Higher Education: Jeff Selingo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2013 80:48


    Jeff Selingo, editor at large of The Chronicle of Higher Education, explores the college of the future -- how families will pay, what campuses will look like, and how students will learn and prove their value in the job market. February 19, 2013, Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College

    Ray Kurzweil on Technology and the Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2012 2:31


    Ray Kurzweil, renowned inventor, author, futurist, and founder of Singularity University, talks about how colleges and universities should prepare for the changing model of education.

    "Leading Voices in Higher Education: Freeman Hrabowski"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2012 39:54


    "Innovation, Inclusive Excellence, and Leadership: The Future of Higher Education" Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore College, presented a public lecture at Dartmouth on October 23rd in Filene Auditorium. President Hrabowski explored problems of underrepresentation in the sciences, from minorities in the United States to Americans on an international scale. His lecture was part of Leading Voices in Higher Education -- a strategic planning speaker series at Dartmouth.

    Freeman Hrabowski on Innovation and Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2012 3:48


    Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), explains what teaching methods have been successful at UMBC, where the United States stands globally in higher education, and Dartmouth's strategic planning process.

    Leading Voices in Higher Education: David Helfand Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2012 53:09


    Undergraduate Education for the New Millenium: Starting From Scratch— President of Quest University Canada David Helfand discussed modern problems with higher education and potential solutions on October 1, 2012 in the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth. The founders of Quest University departed from traditional educational models to design a campus and curriculum equipped for the twenty-first century. Quest has no departments, no tenure, and no classes larger than 20. President Helfand's lecture was part of Leading Voices in Higher Education, a speaker series that is part of strategic planning at Dartmouth.

    Leading Voices in Higher Education: Jonathan Cole Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2012 58:10


    The Great American University: A Quest for Utopia—Sociologist Jonathan Cole discussed the history and future of leading American universities on May 8, 2012 in the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth. His lecture was part of "Leading Voices in Higher Education," a speaker series that is part of Dartmouth's strategic planning effort.

    An Interview with Jonathan Cole

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2012 3:47


    Sociologist Jonathan Cole visited Dartmouth on May 8 to speak about the history and future of American universities. In this interview he talks about new trends in teaching, learning and research. He also reveals some of his predictions about the future of higher education.

    Ferriero at Dartmouth: U.S. archivist talks about the U.S.'s official records

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2012 3:26


    David Ferriero, who in 2009 became the 10th archivist of the United States, spoke about the nation's treasures—an astounding 12 billion pieces of paper—at a May 13, 2012 lecture. The talk was the final "Leading Voices in Higher Education" event of Dartmouth's spring term. The series is part of the strategic planning process. In this interview with Dartmouth Now, Ferriero discusses several of his favorite archive treasures.

    An Interview with Ben Wildavsky at Dartmouth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2012 6:39


    The value of Liberal Arts in the global higher education marketplace, how credentials are changing, and opportunities for Dartmouth - Research and Policy Fellow Ben Wildavsky shares his ideas. See more at http://strategicplanning.dartmouth.edu/

    Ben Wildavsky: "The Great Brain Race: Rise of the Global Education Marketplace"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2012 40:40


    Kauffman Foundation Senior Research and Policy Fellow Ben Wildavsky spoke at Dartmouth on February 29th, 2012. His lecture "The Great Brain Race: Rise of the Global Education Marketplace" drew an overflow crowd to hear perspectives on recent developments that have occurred in global higher education - intense competition, including unprecedented academic mobility, the growth of branch campuses, the quest to create world-class research universities, the rise of global college rankings, and the importance of human capital to economic growth, with discussion about how Dartmouth can facilitate and promote a "free trade in minds." See more at http://strategicplanning.dartmouth.edu/

    Wildavsky at Dartmouth: "Knowledge is Not Finite"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2012 2:56


    Research scholar and writer Ben Wildavsky talks about the globalization of education in advance of his lecture in the Leading Voices in Higher Education series, which is a part of the strategic planning process. Wildavsky, a senior scholar at the Kauffman Foundation and former education editor of U.S. News & World Report, speaks on Wednesday, February 29, at 4 p.m., in Rockefeller 3.

    Darnton at Dartmouth: 'Digitizing Dartmouth's Treasures'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2012 1:31


    Cultural historian Robert Darnton, Harvard University librarian and professor, speaks about efforts to create the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), a project to make the country's research libraries available, free of charge, over the Internet.

    Peter Orszag: "Dartmouth Exemplifies Academics Informing Policy"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2012 1:22


    Dartmouth scholars contributed to the research used by policy makers in crafting the Affordable Care Act, says a former Obama administration official and Economist Peter Orszag in this video interview.

    Strategic Planning with Vijay Govindarajan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2012 40:38


    The "Leading Voices in Higher Education" Strategic Planning speaker series kicked off September 27, 2011 with a presentation by Vijay Govindarajan, the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

    An Interview with Cathy Davidson at Dartmouth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2012 5:19


    Renowned humanities scholar and innovation leader Cathy Davidson shares her ideas for Dartmouth to be at the forefront of evolving higher education for the digital age. Part of the Leading Voices in Higher Educations speaker series.

    Davidson at Dartmouth: 'Distraction is Our Friend'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2012 2:49


    Renowned humanities scholar Cathy Davidson, a Duke University professor, noted author, and innovator, visited Dartmouth to speak to faculty and staff involved in the Strategic Planning process, and to deliver a public lecture. Davidson took time out from her day in Hanover to talk with Dartmouth Now about students' writing, and the issue of distractibility. "Distraction is our friend," she says. Davidson's talk focuses on her latest book, Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn, which was named one of the top 10 science books last fall by Publishers Weekly.

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