Future U. Podcast

@Jselingo and @MichaelBHorn discuss what’s next for higher Ed and talk with the newsmakers you want to hear from most. #highered

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Can companies make up for lost federal research funding?

"I think it will be more of the leveraged value added than a replacement," says @Chancellor_JS, whose @CUBoulder partners with @Medtronic. It's also "very much domain and technology specific."

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What worries @Chancellor_JS most about U.S. research policy? "A cycle of reactivity."

"The White House put something out, higher ed reacts, OMB or the White House reacts... Does anybody call time out? Let's take a deep breath."

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@michaelbhorn: "Excellence and integrity are the north stars, and those are different from growth."

@jselingo: board culture, admitting when you're wrong, and why learning is social. Their takeaways from Future U live at @USC.

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Northeastern's co-op is hard to copy. @USC has a different advantage.

Beong-Soo Kim on an alumni base of "people who want to hire Trojans and help Trojans in any way that they can," and how to tap it more effectively.

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Meet the panel from Future U live at @USC: Ian McDaniel (astronautical engineering senior, ex-SpaceX intern), @gauravsukhatme (interim dean, @USCViterbi), Shauna Chung (@Adobe) and David Barnhart (USC Space Engineering Research Center).

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Can a university get too close to industry? David Barnhart on the tension: companies want proprietary information, and for a university that's "the third rail," because students need to publish.

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A "crazy idea for a biological robot device that was meant to go grab things in space."

David Barnhart of @USC's space research center on what happened next: "The company just got $30 million. We haven't got anything yet, so we're still waiting."

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Should every @USC student get an immersive experience? "That is a goal," says Beong-Soo Kim.

What it looks like varies. "Maybe the perfect work experience is to work at an investment bank" for the English major, and a ballet company for the engineer.

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Too often the "innovative" campus program serves about 10 students. How do you scale hands-on learning to thousands?

@gauravsukhatme: start from students already doing it, then use LA, with at least 100 space startups within 100 miles.

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Plenty of higher ed leaders think first-year students aren't ready for hands-on work.

Ian McDaniel of the USC Rocket Propulsion Lab walked in as a freshman and started building: "You can absolutely hit the ground running on day one."

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Plenty of observers say a research university with a health system and big-time athletics is ungovernable.

"I actually reject that view," says Beong-Soo Kim. His answer: engage faculty, students and staff, and share the information and the strategy.

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"Excellence sometimes comes with growth, but they're different things."

Beong-Soo Kim on why @USC isn't chasing growth for its own sake, and why deciding what you won't be the best at is "a lot harder to talk about."

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"The next 10 years are going to be the most exciting decade in higher education history."

Beong-Soo Kim on what he wants @USC known for: leading in education, rethinking general ed for the AI era, and research toward cures for Alzheimer's and more.

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When does an industry project stop being learning and start being free labor?

David Barnhart on how teaching happens inside the work, and why the best thing a faculty member can do is tie it back: "Remember ASTE 520?"

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Boards can speed change or make a president's job harder. @michaelbhorn asked what goes wrong.

Beong-Soo Kim: people don't pay enough attention to board culture, one where "we can have conversations and disagree about certain topics, and that's okay."

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Where did Ian McDaniel learn his soft skills? The Rocket Lab.

"The best way to learn how to make a part that's machinable is to learn how to machine parts. And the second best way is to get yelled at by someone who knows how to machine parts."

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Growth has long been higher ed's definition of success. Can a university be excellent at everything?

Beong-Soo Kim: "Excellence sometimes comes with growth, but they're different things." And deciding what not to be best at is the harder call.

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How does applied research loop back into learning? David Barnhart on two flywheels: a space-grabbing robot idea a company picked up (it just got $30M), and Space Force work that became a NASA-backed AI in space course.

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"A really interesting lesson in change management."

@michaelbhorn and @jselingo close out the conversation with @MelikPeter of @unityonsocial. Send your takes, your ideas and, as always, your hate mail.

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First-year students often say they never get to touch anything. Ian McDaniel walked into @USC's Rocket Lab as a freshman and was soon cutting carbon composites.

His case for building before the theory, and how it made his classes click.

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