The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Fourth Annual Chronicle Festival to be Held September 10-12, 2024
13 Agosto 2024 - 8:05AM
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How will today’s trends and decisions shape the future? Join The
Chronicle of Higher Education in an exploration of ideas shaping
higher education on the road to 2035.
This year is shaping up to be one of the most tumultuous in the
history of American higher education. College leaders who are
constantly busy dealing with the latest campus fire need a moment
to step back, take a breath, and look ahead. With that goal in
mind, this year’s Chronicle Festival, which is free and open to the
public, will engage those leaders and other campus stakeholders in
big-picture thinking about the road to 2035, help them prepare for
it, and offer inspiration to take on tomorrow’s challenges.
While acknowledging current challenges, the festival will focus
on topics from The Chronicle’s newsroom report, “Higher Education
in 2035,” and will consider how students will be different in a
decade, how technology will change the campus and the classroom,
and how institutions can remain a vital and vibrant space for the
pursuit of knowledge in a changing society.
During three days of virtual programming in September, attendees
will hear from leading higher-ed thinkers, national opinion makers,
and top experts. The festival will engage thousands of senior
administrators and faculty leaders in discussions, including a live
Q&A.
Featured speakers:
- Mike Rowe, Executive producer, Emmy-award winning TV
host and CEO of mikeroweWORKS Foundation
- Margaret Spellings, President, Bipartisan Policy Center;
former U.S. Secretary of Education; former President, University of
North Carolina System
- Anthony Abraham Jack, Inaugural Faculty Director of the
Boston University Newbury Center; author of Class Dismissed: When
Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price
- Kathleen deLaski, Founder and Board Chair, Education
Design Lab; author of Who Needs College, Anymore?
- Eboo Patel, Founder and President, Interfaith America;
author of We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy
Agenda:
Day 1 (9/10) The Students of 2035 A declining traditional-age
student population. Rising mental-health concerns. A challenging
classroom environment. Colleges face a variety of issues that will
shape how they enroll, educate, and support students during the
next decade. Participants will explore ways to adapt, hearing from
authors, professors, and college leaders.
Day 2 (9/11) Higher Ed of 2035 How should higher ed change to
serve the America of 2035, to better help students support a
fragile democracy and a society reshaped by emerging technologies?
Chronicle journalists will talk with students, an interfaith
leader, a technology innovator, and others about these issues.
Day 3 (9/12) The Work Force of 2035 What does it take for
colleges to produce graduates for the work force of tomorrow? And
how does it operate in a landscape with a growing number of viable
and valuable postsecondary opportunities? Participants will hear a
variety of voices weighing in on these questions.
Registration is free and open to the public and the media.
The Chronicle of Higher Education is academe’s most trusted
resource for independent journalism, career development, and
forward-looking intelligence. Since its founding by Corbin Gwaltney
in 1966, The Chronicle has grown to serve millions of educators,
administrators, researchers, and policymakers who rely on insights
from The Chronicle to lead, teach, learn, and innovate. The
Chronicle’s independent newsroom – the nation’s largest dedicated
to covering colleges and universities – is home to award-winning
journalists, experts, and data analysts with a passion for serving
audiences with indispensable news and actionable insights on issues
that matter.
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Maureen Ryan, Chronicle Associate Director of Strategic
Communications (703) 303-3530, maureen.ryan@chronicle.com