We now have Future Trends Forum sessions schedule through September, covering topics from AI to XR, presidential leadership to sustainability, chief online learning officers to neurodiverse faculty and staff.
You can register for each session here:
https://forum.futureofeducation.us/upcoming-forum-sessions/
Why and how are some universities changing their business models?
Here is our full conversation with Johns Hopkins University professor Joshua Travis Brown:
What political forces are policing higher ed, and how can academics best respond?
This Thursday we're hosting University of California, Irvine distinguished professor Eve Darian-Smith to explore her work:
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/XCfFlgZHQ-SrLZUffW2q9Q
How is higher education being policed? What political and cultural forces are pressing on academia? This week the Future Trends Forum is delighted to host University of California-Irvine Distinguished Professor and Founding Chair of Global and International Studies Eve Darian-Smith, author of the new book _Policing Higher Education: The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters_ (Johns Hopkins University Press). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/33299/policing-higher-education https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/edarian/
How do we speak about AI?
Here's our full Future Trends Forum conversation with Anna Mills and Nate Angell, including a text summary and excerpts from the chat:
https://aiandacademia.substack.com/p/how-do-we-speak-about-generative
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How do we talk about AI?
Here's our full conversation about AI, language, and higher education with Anna Mills and Nate Angell on the Future Trends Forum:
How do we talk about AI, and how does it influence how we use the tech in higher education?
Join Anna Mills and Nate Angell, authors of a fascinating new paper, on the Future Trends Forum tomorrow at 2 pm ET:
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/kbkOYLvBSNKCN7ItAaWSUQ
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How we speak about AI reflects how we think about the technology, and to some degree how we respond to it. This week the Future Trends Forum hosts the authors of a fascinating new paper, "Are We Tripping? The Mirage of AI Hallucinations," Anna Mills and Nate Angell. We will use their research as a launching point for discussing AI and higher education. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5127162 https://www.annarmills.com/ https://xolotl.org/
What might climate justice mean in colleges and universities?
This week we host National University of Ireland-Maynooth and Northeastern University (Boston) professor Jennie C. Stephens to discuss her ideas.
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/wl_lhW_cRsiAXhlaU65m6Q
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What might climate justice mean in colleges and universities? This week the Future Trends Forum hosts Jennie C. Stephens, Professor of Climate Justice at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy at Northeastern University in Boston. She recently published Climate Justice and the University: Shaping a Hopeful Future for All (Johns Hopkins University Press). https://www.jenniecstephens.com/ https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53789/climate-justice-and-university
How can higher education respond to the Trump administration?
Tomorrow we're hosting Wesleyan University president Michael Roth to explore his ideas.
Join us with your questions and thoughts from 2-3 pm ET:
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/AoLb2YT2R8icQahaDXSSUw#/registration
How might colleges and universities respond to the many challenges the new Trump administration poses? This week the Future Trends Forum is proud to welcome back Wesleyan University's president Michael Roth, who has emerged as a leading voice in academic discourse about the new political and regulatory environment. https://www.wesleyan.edu/president/biography/ https://slate.com/life/2025/02/colleges-universities-trump-policy-resistance.html
How can higher education best respond to the Trump administration? What's next for us?
In 20 minutes we're hosting Ted Mitchell, president of American Council on Education , with your questions and thoughts.
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/EV0RRQtvRQ65CYt222BAsg
Where is higher education headed? How will the new Trump administration impact colleges and universities? Join us this week as we host an academic leader, Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education.
Why and how might higher education reform grading?
This Thursday I'm delighted to host professor Joshua Eyler, discussing his new book, _Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do about It_.
Join us from 2-3 pm:
https://shindig.com/login/event/eyler
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Bryan Alexander