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The landscape of higher education is transforming at an unprecedented pace.
In November 2025, President Hilary Link, PhD, hosted guests and experts to a special convening:

The Future of Higher Education: Innovation, Disruption, and the New Ecosystem of Learning & Work

The Future of Higher Education convening featured an interactive day that explored AI-driven innovation, disruptive models, and the new learning-work ecosystem that is shaping our future.

Keynote Address

Michael Horn, Author, Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools and Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career

Lessons Learned From Creating a New School

Brian Holtz | Founder, Alpha Schools

Pano Kanelos | Chancellor, University of Austin

Richard Miller | President Emeritus, Olin College and Founder, The Coalition for Transformational Education

The Evolving Ecosystem of Learning and Work

Dave Cook | Executive Director of the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Houston

Michael Felton | Executive Director of the GRACE Innovation Center, Executive Director of the St. George Community Development Corporation

Rahim Rajan | CEO, AQL Labs and Vice-Chair, Seattle Colleges Foundation

AI and Higher Education

Jean Rhodes | Co-Founder of MentorPRO, Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology, & Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring, University of Massachusetts

Jonathon Stewart | Writer and Creative Strategist

Constance Yowell | Professor of Practice and Executive Director of Center on Future of Higher Education and Work, Northeastern University

Where Does Higher Education Go From Here?

Hilary L. Link, PhD | President, Drew University

Rachel Toor | Contributoring Editor, Inside Higher Education

This imaginative and timely event was generously underwritten by Debra S. Weinberg C’82 and Joseph Weinberg.