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

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

CNN @ThisHour “Is College Worth the Cost?”

  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

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.

MU plans 3-day teaching event

On Thursday, May 15, the Columbia Daily Tribune printed a short article “MU plans 3-day teaching event” about the University of Missouri’s Celebration of Teaching event. Cathy Davidson was the keynote speaker for the event. For the full article, click here.

New Training, New Workforce

Original article published in The Columbian on May 9, 2014. To read the full article, click here, or see below: New training, new workforce 200 at luncheon chew over a 21st-century model for education and production By Aaron Corvin, Columbian port & economy reporter Published: May 9, 2014, 7:21 PM   Out with grades and standardized testing, and school New Training, New Workforce

Businessweek: Krugman Move Boosts CUNY Effort to Escape Columbia, NYU Shadows

“I know I sound like a gushing teenager when I talk about the Graduate Center and CUNY,” Cathy told BloombergBusinessweek  recently in an article detailing the institution’s bid for elite faculty, “but, well, I’ve never seen any place like it.”  You can read the full article below, or visit the site here.      Krugman Move Businessweek: Krugman Move Boosts CUNY Effort to Escape Columbia, NYU Shadows

Chronicle of Higher Education: Duke Scholar and Publisher Move to Her ‘Crush School’

Identifying them as a sought after ‘academic power couple’, The Chronicle of Higher Education, spoke with Cathy Davidson and Ken Wissoker about their upcoming move to New York.  Read the text of the article below, or visit the site here.     By Peter Monaghan The Graduate Center of the City University of New York has attracted Chronicle of Higher Education: Duke Scholar and Publisher Move to Her ‘Crush School’

Chronicle of Higher Education: Cathy Davidson, Scholar of Learning Innovation, to Join CUNY Grad Center

The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s breaking news blog, The Ticker, released this post about Cathy’s upcoming move to the CUNY Graduate Center where she will join the Ph.D. program in English and head up the Futures Initiative.  The full text of the post is below, or you can visit their website here.   February 24, 2014 by Charles Chronicle of Higher Education: Cathy Davidson, Scholar of Learning Innovation, to Join CUNY Grad Center