UW Simpson Center: New Universities

Organizers

Jerry Baldasty (Dean, Graduate School)

Bruce Burgett (IAS-Bothell)

Sara Curran (Jackson School)

Susan Jeffords (Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, UW Bothell)

Beth Rushing (Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, UW Tacoma)

New Universities is made possible by the generous support of the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities, the UW Graduate School, the Center for Global Studies in the Jackson School of International Studies, and the UW Bothell Chancellor’s Office and Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program.

What is the future of the university?

New Universities marks the 20th anniversary of the University of Washington as a multi-campus institution by situating the development of its three campuses in relation to major trends in higher education. Located at UW Bothell, the day-long symposium explores the globalization, corporatization, and digitalization of the engaged university on “new” and “old” campuses.

Lead organizer and contact: Bruce Burgett (Director and Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell).

Chris Newfield is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Unmaking the Public University: The Forty Year Assault on the Middle Class (2007) and Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980 (2003), along with many other writings. His most recent work has turned toward a critical engagement with management theory, the “new economy,” and the internationalization of the U.S. model of higher education.

Tara McPherson is Associate Professor in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She is the editor of the award-winning digital journal Vectors and the author of Reconstructing Dixie: Race, Gender and Nostalgia in the Imagined South (2003). Her current work focuses on new media and new technology in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation’s initiative in Digital Media and Learning.

David Maurasse is President and Founder of Marga Incorporated and faculty in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University where he founded the Center for Innovation in Social Responsibility. He is the author of Listening to Harlem: Gentrification, Community and Business (2006); A Future for Everyone: Innovative Social Responsibility and Community Partnerships (2004); and Beyond the Campus: How Colleges and Universities form Partnerships with Their Communities (2001).

Microseminar: HUM 597A (Spring 2010)

University of Washington graduate students may register for a 1-credit New Universities microseminar. Students will read essays by Newfield, McPherson, and Maurrasse in advance of the symposium, attend the symposium, and participate on a half-day follow-up seminar with the symposium speakers and discussants on Saturday, May 8, 9:30am-12:00pm at the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information, see Time Scheduling (post date December 09) or contact Miriam Bartha.

Symposium

Friday, May 7, 2010
10:00 am -4:30 pm
North Creek Events Center
UW Bothell

Sessions and Speakers

Welcome
10:00 am

The Global of the University: Beyond Corporatization
10:30 am- 12:00 pm
Chris Newfield (English, University of California Santa Barbara)

“The End of the American Model: What is the University of the Future?”
Discussants: Susan Jeffords (Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UW Bothell)
Chandan Reddy (English, UW Seattle)

Lunch [Registration required]

The Digital University: Beyond Distance-Learning
1:00-2:30 pm
Tara McPherson (Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California)
“Animating the Archive: New Modes of Scholarly Production”
Discussants: Ted Hiebert (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Bothell)

The Communiversity: Beyond Outreach
2:45 pm-4:15 pm
David Maurrasse (President and Founder, Marga Incorporated)
“21st Century Relevance and the Transformational Potential of Higher Education”
Discussants: Sara Curran (Center for Global Studies, UW Seattle)
Keith Nitta (Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Bothell)

Closing Comments
4:15 pm

Reception
4:30 pm

All events are free and open to the public. Registration is required for lunch. Registration open March 2010; please check back.