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The Future of Higher Education Anthony C. Masi Provost Ollivier Dyens Deputy Provost (Student Life & Learning) Academic Leadership Forum 17 December 2014 Slide 2 2 Agenda -The Future of Higher Education 8:30 amWelcome and Opening Remarks: Prof. Anthony C. Masi, Provost 8:40 amIntroduction: Deputy Provost Ollivier Dyens Key questions to consider: What do you think the university system will look like in 10, 20, 30 years from now? How well prepared is McGill to face this future? 9:00 amBreakout session: What aspects of our current configuration do we need to protect at all costs? What things are we now doing that we can cease without jeopardizing our mission, aspirations, priorities, and goals? What innovations are necessary to guarantee McGills success? 9:15 amRelay key points from discussion 9:55amWrap-up: Prof. Anthony C. Masi, Provost Slide 3 3 Short Term Issues Define the 21st Century McGill Experience Consider the McGill Commitment Redefine the 21st Century McGill Experience Introduction: Short Term Issues Slide 4 4 1.Finances 2.Legitimacy of the university as higher level learning 3.Other aspects to consider 4.Life cycle of large institutions 5.Short term issues 6.Long-term paradigm shifting challenges Introduction: Context Slide 5 5 Attracting top faculty and students Building labs and research centers Providing services to students Renovating facilities Continuously upgrading the IT infrastructure Building and renovating classrooms Providing students with opportunities beyond the traditional classroom/lab settings Hiring, developing, and retaining professional, administrative, and support staff Introduction: Finances Slide 6 6 Introduction: Legitimacy Slide 7 7 Slide 8 8 Slide 9 9 Introduction: Long-term paradigm shifting challenges Slide 10 10 Define the 21st century McGill experience Compete with new knowledge creation systems Re- consider student-status in time and in space Redefine the curriculum Re-think the teaching and learning paradigm Bridge the gap between teaching and research Assess pressures on faculty time Understand the emerging model for graduate education Simplify the universitys ecosystem Introduction: Short Term Issues Slide 11 11 Provide a seamless continuum for students from the classroom to the world Tap into the creativity of students and their thirst for change Position McGill for medium-term technological changes Ensure the graduate student experience is healthy, productive, and efficient Move beyond the assembly line model of education Re-imagine the university campus, starting with its library and learning spaces Introduction: Short Term Issues (continued) Slide 12 12 What do you think the university system will look like in 10, 20, 30 years from now? How well prepared is McGill to face this future? Key Questions To Consider Slide 13 13 What aspects of our current configuration do we need to protect at all costs? What things are we now doing that we can cease without jeopardizing our mission, aspirations, priorities, and goals? What innovations are necessary to guarantee McGills success? Breakout Session Slide 14 14 Budget Planning for FY2016: Report I https://www.mcgill.ca/senate/files/senate/d14-24_budget_planning_with_appendix_revised.pdf Questioning Higher Education: Anthony C. Masi http://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2013/09/questioning-higher-education/ For Student Success, Stop Debating and Start Improving https://chronicle.com/article/For-Student-Success-Stop/131451/?sid=wb Is U.S. Higher Education A Bubble Economy? (Infographic Video) http://www.fastcodesign.com/1668981/is-us-higher-education-a-bubble-economy-infographic-video Moving a Cemetery: How to Drag Higher Education into the 21 Century http://bigthink.com/floating-university/moving-a-cemetery-how-to-drag-higher-education-into-the-21-century What You (Really) Need to Know http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/the-21st-century-education.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Google is trying to make your brain irrelevant http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-01/28/google-buying-way-making-brain-irrelevant MD Anderson Taps IBM Watson to Power "Moon Shots" Mission http://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/news-releases/2013/ibm-watson-to-power-moon-shots-.html Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/science/05legal.html?_r=1& Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/science/brainlike-computers-learning-from-experience.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=2& They're Watching You at Work http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/12/theyre-watching-you-at-work/354681/ Order in Pollock's Chaos http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=order-in-pollocks-chaos Amazing Technology Invented By MIT - Tangible Media http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvtfD_rJ2hE&feature=youtu.be With Emotion Recognition Algorithms, Computers Know What Youre Thinking http://singularityhub.com/2014/01/19/with-emotion-recognition-algorithms-computers-know-what-youre-thinking/ Links and Reference Slide 15 End Caption Next ALF is 29 January Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Research 29 January 2015