As part of an ongoing conversation throughout the planning process, the Steering Committee has invited a series of thoughtful, provocative, and enlightening speakers to share their views on the major issues of higher education. All events will be open to the public.
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Speakers: Thomas W. Ross, president of the University of North Carolina
system; David Orr, special assistant to the president of Oberlin College on sustainability and
the environment
Topic: Sustainability and Higher Education
Location: Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Speakers: Wayne S. Brown, president and CEO, Michigan Opera Theatre; Claire
Chase '01, a 2012 MacArthur Fellow and cofounder and artistic director of the International
Contemporary Ensemble; and Ruby Lerner, president and executive director, Creative
Capital
Topic: The Arts, Entrepreneurship and Higher
Education
Location: David H. Stull Recital Hall, Oberlin
Conservatory of Music
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Speaker: Michael Horn, cofounder of
the Clayton Christensen Institute and executive director of its education program
Topic: Disruptive Innovation and Higher
Education
Location: King Hall, room 306
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Speakers:
Sandy Baum, George Washington University; Mike McPherson, Spencer Foundation; Dan Madzelan,
American Council on Education
Topic: Financing higher education
Location: King Hall, room 306
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Speakers: Aaron Dworkin, Sphinx
Organization; Jenny Gersten, Friends of the High Line; Michael Kaiser, DeVos Institute of Arts
Management; moderator Andrea Kalyn
Topic: Future of arts and arts education
Location: Kulas Recital Hall
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Speakers: Sylvia Hurtado, Higher
Education Research Institute, UCLA; Terrell Strayhorn, Center for Higher Education Enterprise,
Ohio State University
Topic: Diversity in higher education
Location: Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Speaker:
Eugene Tobin, program officer, liberal arts colleges, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Topic: Higher education challenges
Location: Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall
