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Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times. Our First “Blurb”

I want to share some nice news:  Jody Greene and I have received our irst external appraisal (i.e. “blurb”) for “Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times” (forthcoming, Fall 2026, Duke University Press), and it is from someone I admire very much, Wesleyan President Michael Roth. President Roth has been an eloquent Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times. Our First “Blurb”

2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education: Acceptance Speech Nov 13, 2025

2025 Recipients of McGraw Prize in Education

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” –Audre Lorde I begin with this famous quote from the late Audre Lorde, one of America’s most inspiring writers and activists, and a professor who taught at my own university, City University of New York, because it encapsulates higher education’s aspiration for each and 2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education: Acceptance Speech Nov 13, 2025

Launching a Futures Initiative Podcast

I’m very excited to be the first guest on the all-new Futures Initiative Podcast!  “Inspiring conversations that bridge theory and practice!”  Hosted by FI’s Director, Shelly Eversley, the first episode is “Why Innovation Needs Equity”—and why you can’t have innovation without it.  (Spoiler alert:  “innovation” without equity is just “status quo,” business as usual: who Launching a Futures Initiative Podcast

Cathy Davidson Honored with 2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education

2025 Winners of the McGraw Prize in Education

Four education innovators honored with the 2025 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 16, 2025) — Four leaders charting bold new paths in education will be celebrated as the 2025 recipients of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education. Presented by the McGraw Family Foundation in collaboration with the University of Cathy Davidson Honored with 2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education

“AI And the Future of Higher Education”

Image of Cathy Davidson, Jade Davis, Kevin Healey, and Alondra Nelson on Zoom of "AI and the Future of Higher Education"

  https://hastac.hcommons.org/  On May 8, 2025, the Futures Initiative (FI) and HASTAC co-hosted a timely and provocative event: AI and the Future of Higher Education. Held as part of the Futures Initiative’s 10th anniversary celebration, the conversation brought together two visionary thinkers—Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study and Center for American Progress) and FI Founder Cathy N. Davidson—to explore “AI And the Future of Higher Education”