July 14, 2021
We asked the presidents of the region’s colleges and universities to answer this question:
As we move closer to the end of the pandemic, what strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats have become more apparent to you for your institution than they were pre-pandemic?
David Finegold, Chatham University
The pandemic highlighted many of Chatham’s historic strengths: our student-centered faculty that quickly adapted to COVID, enabling us to educate students both on campus and virtually, and dedicated staff who selflessly took on new responsibilities (within and on top of their normal jobs) to ensure the health and safety of our entire community.
What do the next 10 years hold for global higher education?
In 2006, an international group of Fulbright New Century Scholars came together to discuss the challenges facing higher education – from massification of higher education and the transformation of higher education from a public good to a private good to the knowledge economy and the impact of new technologies.
Fifteen years on, those challenges are still with us and we are also facing the fallout from COVID-19. It is an opportune moment to look at them again.
Massification has advanced on a larger scale, which is especially visible in very large countries such as China and India. In the countries where mass systems of higher education were already established by the end of the 20th century, massification driven by the social aspirations of the population has now reached the 50% mark, the level of high participation.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ivy Tech Community College
Ivy Tech Community College, in coordination with HOLA, and Restore Outreach Ministries, is offering Padres Estrellas a free event designed to help Hoosier Hispanic and Latino communities to provide college and career support to students and families.
The event will assist students and families in enrolling their 8th-grade students in Indiana’s 21st Century Scholars program, before the June deadline. Indiana’s 21st Century Scholars Program provides a free college opportunity for all enrolled, who meet the requirements.
Fun activities are planned for children and area food trucks will be present. For those wanting to learn more, go to link.ivytech.edu/padresestrellas.
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