Dean Coleman Sits on Expert Panel Addressing the Future Role of the University

Dean Hardin Coleman of the School of Education recently sat on an expert panel at The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. The panel aimed to address the expanding role of universities and higher education within our country and the world. The panel examined the ever expanding nature of the university and its systems worldwide. It called for a need for the university to improve the community around it, as well as the world community. Panel experts also called for universities to work in a collaborative effort with organizations around it. Additionally, the panel addressed the growth of technology and the need for universities to incorporate such programs into their systems.

Below is an edited excerpt from the Frederick S Pardee Center article “Experts Discuss the Future Role of Universities Worldwide,” published January 24, 2012.

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held the first Pardee House Seminar of the year on January 24, 2012 on ‘Future Roles of Universities Worldwide: Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower?

The seminar was organized and moderated by Pardee Visiting Faculty Fellow Rob Hollister (Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University) and featured Prof. Philip G. Altbach(Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College), Prof. Hardin Coleman (Dean, School of Education, BU) and Sally Susnowitz (Director, Public Service Center MIT).  About 35 students, faculty, and guests attended the lunch seminar held at the Pardee Center.

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Professor Coleman stressed the ability for universities to benefit the surrounding communities both economically and educationally. The key to fostering this community relationship is a curriculum that encourages outreach and service work locally and regionally. Doing so will also create new leaders in the area, he said.

Read the full article and view a video excerpt here.

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