I was notified about this from the college where I’m teaching — it may be of interest to some of you just to see what others are doing and what […]
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Civic Institute Interview
Now appearing on the Civic Institute’s website is Jan Gmurczyk’s interview with Cathy Davidson about learning how to learn and collaboration within education. They also discuss how to use technology […]
Cathy Davidson, Futures Initiative Director, Quoted in Politico Article
Cathy Davidson, Futures Initiative Director and Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, is featured in a Politico article out today. “No profit left behind” by Stephanie Simon investigates the British […]
Embedding a Librarian for Mapping the Futures of Higher Education
Mapping the Futures of Higher Education has an embedded librarian for its first course. This direct relationship with the Graduate Center library ensures that students in the course will have […]
Action on Education — Scholar & Feminist Conference — Barnard
Action on Education FEB 27-28, 2015 Barnard College THE SCHOLAR & FEMINIST CONFERENCE Speakers include Lalaie Ameeriar, Abigail Boggs, The Black Youth Project, Nuala Cabral, Natalia Cecire, Jaz Choi, Tressie […]
The Invention of Failure
What if we got rid of “flunk out courses” that were defined as “rigorous and demanding” and, instead, set our goal as ensuring the success of every student in equally […]
What Is Learning? 12 Principles of Peer-Led, Connected, Interactive Education
By Cathy Davidson Cross-posted to the Futures Initiative HASTAC Group. Here are a baker’s dozen of the main principles of connected learning. As you will see, they form an “ecosystem,” […]
An Open Letter to Grad Students/Teachers/Co-Learners: #FuturesEd
Dear Graduate Students, Teachers, Co-Learners, Welcome! I can’t wait to meet you. If you are taking “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” you are someone I am very excited to […]
Futures Initiative Director Cathy Davidson will be Keynote Speaker at 13th Annual CUNY IT Conference
The 13th Annual CUNY IT Conference will be taking place on December 4th and 5th at John Jay College this year. Cathy Davidson, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Futures […]
The Learning Communities Project: The small origins of large-scale school reform in Mexico
Futures Initiative network members may be interested in this upcoming Lehman Urban Transformative Education (LUTE) talk next week. A Talk by Dr. Gabriel Cámara Cervera November 12, 2014, 1pm – […]
