Do we need to reinvent higher education? Almost 150 years after Charles Eliot penned his famous call in The Atlantic, Brian Southwell sat down with the incomparable Cathy N. Davidson to discuss her radical new book on the topic in an episode of “The Measure of Everyday Life” on WNCU.
During her recent visit to Durham, NC, Cathy N. Davidson went live with Frank Stasio on “The State of Things” show to discuss The New Education. Listen to the WUNC broadcast and read more from Jennifer Brookland and Frank Stasio about the interview here.
In a recent episode of Spark, “Reimagining the classroom, the university, and the trades,” CBC Radio aired an interview with Cathy Davidson about “The New Education.” CBC writes, “The university is out of date. That’s the view of Cathy Davidson, an English professor and the director of the Futures Initiative at the City University of New York.” … “Reimagining the University for the 21st Century” with Nora Young, CBC Radio
Cathy Davidson goes live on The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about “The New Education.” WNYC writes: “Davidson argues that our current system of higher education is outdated, and therefore, unable to fully prepare young people for the modern world and the gig economy. She travels to different schools to speak with educators who want to fix … “Why College Is Outdated & How We Can Fix It” with Leonard Lopate, WNYC
Cathy Davidson goes on air with WAMC to talk about “The New Education.” Joe Donahue writes: “In her new book, The New Education, Davidson argues that the current approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy. Our system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation’s … How To Revolutionize The University To Prepare Students For A World In Flux
Think, produced by KERA, recently did an interview with Cathy Davidson about “The New Education.” KERA Think writes: “The nation’s higher-education system looks frighteningly similar to how it looked at the turn of the dawn of the 20th Century. As part of KERA’s American Graduate Series, Cathy Davidson, founding director of the Futures Initiative at City University … Out with the Old School: Revamping Higher Education
On February 28, 2016 CBC Radio posted a radio interview with educators Cathy N. Davidson, George Siemens, and Elizabeth Hanson. Read more here.
Cathy Davidson was recently interviewed for this audio documentary which aired in Canada Sept. 9. Listen online to the archive here. A virtual classroom with hundreds of thousands of participants who will never meet each other. The professor on a screen or, better still, behind one. Tests graded by other students. It sounds like a … CBC Radio Canada Documentary: Universities in a Digital Age
Tune in to 91.5 FM in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area or to http://wunc.org/ on Monday, July 2 at 12 pm EST to hear Frank Stasio interview Cathy Davidson about her career, education, and past life. Cathy wrote a blog post about her interview here.
5/29/2012 Listen to the full episode here.