The Future of the World-Class University
Speaker: Prof Rick Levin
CEO of Coursera
Format: Seminar
In this seminar, Rick Levin drawed on over two decades of experience as a university administrator, academic, and industry leader. He also proposed a framework that can help university leadership leverage the value of MOOCs—all while helping to achieve the greater mission of universal access to the world’s best education.
About the Speaker:
Rick Levin joined Coursera as CEO in April 2014 coming from a 20-year tenure as President of Yale University. Under his leadership, Yale University invested over $5 billion in the renovation and construction of its facilities, advanced economic development and home ownership in New Haven, purchased and began to develop a 136-acre campus in nearby West Haven, strengthened its programs in science, engineering, and medicine, established a goal of reducing campus greenhouse gas emissions by 43%, and undertook a major set of initiatives to internationalize the University – extending need-based financial aid to international students in Yale College, making international experiences the norm for all undergraduates, and planning and opening Yale-NUS College in Singapore as a model of liberal arts education for Asia. Rick was also instrumental in launching Yale into the world of online education.
Workshop Materials:
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