Higher education is in the early stages of a time of extensive and fundamental change on a scale greater than has been experienced since the mid-20th Century. The search is on for a new business model, and all aspects of academic work and culture are shifting and adapting to the growing need to build more efficient and collaborative models of knowledge discovery and dissemination. Increasingly, it is unproductive to organize teaching, learning, research and engagement as separate activities. The long-standing focus on organizing academic work as an individual enterprise is being replaced by a growing emphasis on collective action. Through her extensive work with a wide variety of higher education institutions in the USA and other nations, Dr. Holland will articulate how these major trends play out in the more immediate reality of daily life on campus. Universities and colleges that develop greater capacity for adaptation, innovation and intentionality will be more successful going forward.

This keynote address is open to anyone who is interested (within or outside of UNCG), so please share this announcement with your colleagues! We hope you can join us!

Questions? Contact Kristin Medlin, ICEE Communications and Partnerships Manager, at kdmedlin@uncg.edu or 336-334-4661.

Dr. Holland’s visit is sponsored by the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement, the Provost’s Office, the Office of Leadership and Service-Learning, the University Teaching and Learning Commons, the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Office, and the Faculty Senate.