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This time around, the prospect of change may be real

My introduction to the Forum on the Future of Higher Education (better known for its trending hashtag #masonfuture) is provided in the video above (fast […]

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#masonfuture trends

It was terrific to see the hashtag for the Future of Higher Ed forum, #masonfuture, atop the global twittersphere totem pole Friday evening (it trended […]

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Commencement address – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

On June 22nd, before I arrived to Mason, I had the honor of delivering the commencement speech in my alma mater, the School of Telecommunication […]

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Higher Education Matters

It is common wisdom that the U.S. is home to the best universities in the world, regardless of who does the assessment. In this case too, 85 of the top 200 universities in the world (and 8 of the top 10) are American. However when we normalize for population, Switzerland is the clear leader followed by a number of other European countries, Israel and Australia. The U.S. comes in 9th. And yes, we should care.

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Commencement address

Here’s the video from my 2012 commencement address at my alma mater: the Telecommunications Engineering School at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.  My part is at […]