Universities: Past, Present, and Future

Speaker: David Deming, Harvard University This talk will make the case that higher education is a first-order contributor to rising economic inequality in the U.S. and around the world. While colleges and universities are a key lever for economic mobility...

Speaker: Christina Ciocca Eller, Harvard University The rise of accountability standards has pressed higher education organizations to produce and publish data on student outcomes at higher rates than ever before. However, it remains unclear whether the...

Speaker: Kehinde Andrews, Birmingham City University Kehinde Andrews is one of the founding professors in the department of Black Studies at Birmingham City University in the U.K. He will discuss his research on the Black Supplementary School Movement and...

Speaker: Hamish Coates, Tsinghua University and Wen Wen, Tsinghua University While consequences from the growth of Chinese higher education have already reverberated around the world, we argue in this seminar that further substantial changes are only just...

Roberta Bassett, World Bank This talk by Roberta Malee Bassett, Global Lead for Tertiary Education and Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, will describe the World Bank's work in supporting tertiary education reform initiatives around the world...

Speaker: Jennifer Morton, City University of New York This talk discusses the ethical costs upwardly mobile students must bear if they are to dramatically transform their life circumstances. These costs affect their relationships with family and friends...

Speaker: Anja-Silvia Goeing, Harvard University