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Cathy Davidson’s Keynote at X International Seminar

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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqsJuWp5s40[/youtube]   Cathy Davidson was one of the keynote speakers for the UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change X International Seminar was held at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona, December 1-2, 2014. Her talk was entitled “Changing Higher Education from the Classroom Up,” and it is now available to watch online here. The other talks and … Cathy Davidson’s Keynote at X International Seminar

Civic Institute Interview

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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 for education, and why equality is such an important concern. The article is in Polish, read it here.    

Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast: How to see what we’ve been missing

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Bonni Stachoiwiak did a great job interviewing me and editing this podcast on “Teaching in Higher Ed,” “How To See What We’re Missing in Higher Ed”: http://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/cathy-davidson/ Follow here on Twitter:  Bonni Stachowiak @bonni208:  Thanks so much, Bonni.  It was great talking to you–and I love your blog and podcasts. “How to see what we’ve been missing … Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast: How to see what we’ve been missing

What’s Missing in Education Today–And How Can We Remedy the Problem?

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Bonni Stachoiwiak did a great job interviewing me and editing this podcast on “Teaching in Higher Ed,” “How To See What We’re Missing in Higher Ed“:   http://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/cathy-davidson/ Follow her on Twitter:  Bonni Stachowiak ‏@bonni208 :  Thanks so much, Bonni.  It was great talking to you–and I love your blog and podcasts. “How to see what … What’s Missing in Education Today–And How Can We Remedy the Problem?

Should We Reduce the Four-Year to a Three-Year College Degree?

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In September 2013, I was invited to conduct a workshop on “Transforming Higher Education for the Digital Age” at a Carnegie Institute symposium on The Future of Higher Education.  After the session that was full of innovative ideas, a dean from one of the larger University of California campuses stopped me and rather triumphantly announced, … Should We Reduce the Four-Year to a Three-Year College Degree?

Sample publications

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Davidson, Cathy. “Olaudah Equiano, written by himself.” Novel: A Forum on Fiction 40.1-2 (2006/2007): 18-51. Davidson_Equiano_Novel Davidson, Cathy. “Humanities 2.0: Promise, Perils, Predictions.” Debates in the Digital Humanities. Ed. Matt Gold. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. Debates_in_the_Digital_Humanities Davidson, Cathy. “Why Higher Education Demands a Paradigm Shift.” Public Culture 26.1 (2014): 3-11. Paradigm_Shift    

CNN @ThisHour “Is College Worth the Cost?”

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  The Graduate Center’s Futures Initiative Director, Distinguished Professor Cathy Davidson, recently appeared on CNN’s @ThisHour to discuss higher education and its value.   You can watch the full segment “Is college worth the cost?” on CNN’s website, here.  

Inside Higher Ed: CUNY and the Futures Initiative

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On Friday, October 17, Cathy Davidson joined Inside Higher Ed editor Scott Jaschik to discuss the Futures Initiative. Topics include public education, pedagogy, the risks and rewards of interdisciplinarity, CUNY, affordances, income inequality, metrics, and more. Listen to their conversation here.

Futures Initiative: The Graduate Center, City University of New York

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In July 2014, Cathy Davidson moved to New York to direct the Futures Initiative, a new way of supporting graduate students as the next generation of leaders of institutional and classroom change.  The Futures Initiative sponsors events, programs, workshops, and courses all designed to inspire creative, innovative, interactive, peer-led new ways of learning, teaching, and … Futures Initiative: The Graduate Center, City University of New York