Sponsor: UCSC Earth Futures Institute

Event Description

Are you a UC student wondering whether your book-learning and courses will still serve you twenty years from now? Are you a UC faculty member wondering whether society might be losing interest in your scholarship? Are you a UC administrator wondering what society wants from higher education—and what it is willing to pay for? Are you a community member concerned about the impact of the ecological crisis?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this event will interest you.

A small group of world-class visionaries has been invited by the UCSC Earth Futures Institute to meet in Santa Cruz on October 24–26. Their mission: to consider threats facing society in the 21st century, what society needs to know to manage those threats, and how universities need to restructure and reprioritize their work to generate that knowledge.

This panel discussion will be the first public presentation of their findings. Come to join the discussion and make your voice heard!

About the University Futures Challenge

The goal of the Challenge is to present an honest assessment of future challenges facing society in this century together with a searching critique of how higher education has responded in the past and changes that it needs to make in future.

We anticipate that many ideas will resonate with your own thoughts but suspect that others will seem strikingly new.

Join the Discussion

Everyone on campus is invited, especially students. Reactions and comments at the panel discussion are welcome. We are hoping for a lively and thought-provoking session.

Faculty: Please announce this event to students in your classes.

More Information

View the Earth Futures Institute event announcement.