{"68488":{"#nid":"68488","#data":{"type":"event","title":"C21U Launch Event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin Jonathan Cole (former Columbia University provost and author of \u003Cem\u003EThe Great American University\u003C\/em\u003E) and a panel\nof educational innovators for the launch of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/research\/21stcenturyuniversities\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EThe Center for 21st Century\nUniversities\u003C\/a\u003E (C21U). Learn\nhow you can participate in C21U, Georgia Tech\u0027s living laboratory for\nfundamental change in higher education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EC21U Director Rich \nDeMillo, current Distinguished Professor and former dean of the Georgia \nTech College of Computing, is the author of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Abelard-Apple-American-Colleges-Universities\/dp\/0262015803\/ref=sr_1_4?s=books\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1308852381\u0026amp;sr=1-4\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n (MIT Press, August 2011). He\u0027s said that, as one of the top engineering and technological universities in the world, Georgia Tech \nhas an opportunity to lead in an examination of how disruptive forces--most, but not all, related to technology--will change education. The College of Computing\u0027s undergraduate computer\n science curriculum, Threads, as well as Georgia Tech\u0027s state-of-the-art\n G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons (due to open Fall 2011),\n are just two examples of the Institute\u0027s incorporation of cultural and \ntechnological trends into its academic mission and curricula.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis event is a chance for faculty, students, staff and anyone \nwith an interest in higher education to hear a steller cast of leaders \nfrom\nindustry and academia share their ideas about the future of higher \neducation\nand the disruptions in store for American universities.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A panel discussion with educational innovators for the launch of The Center for 21st Century Universities."}],"uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2011-06-23 11:52:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:08","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-09-27T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-09-27T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-09-27T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-09-27 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-09-27 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-09-27 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69380":{"id":"69380","type":"image","title":"C21U Launch Postcard","body":null,"created":"1449177252","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:12","changed":"1475894609","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:29","alt":"C21U Launch Postcard","file":{"fid":"192756","name":"c21ucard_2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/c21ucard_2_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/c21ucard_2_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":352202,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/c21ucard_2_0.png?itok=tRlPR7bW"}}},"media_ids":["69380"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13481","name":"C21U"},{"id":"1877","name":"Higher Education"},{"id":"2592","name":"Higher Education Leadership"},{"id":"13482","name":"Rich DeMillo"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:thompson@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMary Claire Thompson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 385-4272\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}