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Valerie Strauss features Cathy N. Davidson’s The New Education in her Op-Ed for The Washington Post published on January 3, 2019. Read the full article here.

Tara Garcia Mathewson writes: “The American higher education system, as it exists today, runs the risk of ripping off an entire generation. That’s according to Cathy Davidson, an English professor and director of the Futures Initiative at the City University of New York, which focuses on envisioning the future of higher education. Students are paying … “Making Higher Education More Relevant and Worthwhile” in The Hechinger Report

Pratt Institute President Frances Bronet sat down with renowned history and technology scholar, Cathy N. Davidson, for a lively conversation about the future of higher education that launched a week-long celebration of the inauguration of Frances Bronet as Pratt’s 12th president. The President’s Lecture Series event on October 29 brought together Pratt students, faculty, and … Pratt Institute President Frances Bronet and CND Explore New Models For Education

Association of American Colleges & Universities Announces 2019 Frederic W. Ness Book Award for The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux By Cathy N. Davidson The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announces the winner of its Frederic W. Ness Book Award, The New Education: … AAC&U Announces 2019 Frederic W. Ness Book Award for The New Education

Cathy N. Davidson delivers the 2018 Frank Rhodes Lecture at Arizona State University, encouraging a “provocative way of thinking” when it comes to learning. “Giving students a voice is one of the most radical ideas that a university can do to reform higher education. Cathy Davidson, a historian of technology and higher-education researcher, said she … CND Delivers Frank Rhodes Lecture on “The Creation of the Future” at ASU

Cathy N. Davidson reviews After the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform by Andrea Gabor. Davidson writes, “[Gabor] takes pains to highlight diverse school districts that have succeeded, mostly by directly or indirectly implementing the “quality management” philosophy of W. Edwards Deming, the subject of one of her previous books. She sees Deming’s … CND Reviews “After the Education Wars” in The New York Times

Sarah D’Adamo discusses The New Education by Cathy N. Davidson in “What Can Millenials Teach Us About the University?” D’Adamo writes, “Perhaps more fragile and contested than ever before, the university today feels overdetermined by our ideas of what it should or shouldn’t be. But if we put these aside, instead looking only at how universities … The New Education Featured in Public Books