{"614032":{"#nid":"614032","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Accessible, Affordable and Applicable: The Future of Higher Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOne of the challenges colleges face is how to best prepare students for the career pathways that exist today and will be created in the future.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo meet students\u0026rsquo; needs colleges must look at how and where they operate, as well as who they serve and who is left out.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese were just a few of the topics discussed Thursday during a media roundtable discussion Georgia Tech organized in New York City with peers in higher education, corporate leaders and foundations looking into this issue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Higher Education is going to change. It\u0026rsquo;s going to have to change,\u0026rdquo; President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson said. \u0026ldquo;What is that new model of higher education going to look like?\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeterson noted three possibilities at the conclusion of the discussion. First, education will move away from a calendar-driven model to a knowledge-based one. Second, student success will need new definitions beyond attending college for four years to earn a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree. And third, knowledge isn\u0026rsquo;t just held by teachers. Students are teaching and learning from one another as well.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProvost Rafael L. Bras also participated in the discussion, which included reporters from\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Wall Street Journal\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EInside Higher Ed \u003C\/em\u003Eand other media outlets.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe other panelists were:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAnant Agarwal, CEO, edX\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u0026Aacute;ngel\u0026nbsp;Cabrera, President, George Mason University\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMitch Daniels, President, Purdue University\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEarl Lewis, President Emeritus, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and director of Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJamie Merisotis, President and CEO, Lumina Foundation\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJason Oliver, Vice President of University Operations, AT\u0026amp;T\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChristine Ortiz, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Founder, Station1\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELaura Sparks, President, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPeter Stokes, managing director of Huron\u0026rsquo;s Higher Education Strategy \u0026amp; Operations group.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChris Yates, General Manager of Learning \u0026amp; Development at Microsoft\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech organized the event following the release of its report,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/cne-home\u0022\u003EDeliberate Innovation, Lifetime Education\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, which looks at how colleges must change to meet the evolving needs of students and employers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing the year 2040 as a vantage point, the report envisions a university that provides an educational experience that can be personalized as professional interests and needs shift throughout a person\u0026rsquo;s lifetime. It looks at ways to improve advising, how to use artificial intelligence to personalize education, and what new products and services will make it possible to meet demand as learners\u0026rsquo; professional and personal needs change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech held\u0026nbsp;a discussion in NYC with reporters and higher education community about what how colleges must evolve to guarantee student success today and in the future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech held a discussion in NYC with reporters and higher education community about what colleges must do to guarantee student success. 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