SUFglobal

A nonprofit foundation, representing the voice of academian. The first “Global Academic Community” for 250+ million higher education stakeholders

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Wisdom ... Forgotten is a weekly newsletter from Prof. Bassem K. Khafagy and Dr. Christopher Washington, revisiting classic books on higher education.

https://t.co/ftEJOJNlnu

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Governance built for elite systems strains under mass access. That was diagnosed decades ago and is still largely unanswered.

The path forward does not begin with discarding the past. It begins with recovering durable ideas and applying them with discipline.

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

They warned about the prestige trap. They mapped the forces that resist change. They showed how institutions can reproduce inequality while working to address it.

None of it was wrong. It simply stopped being read.

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Higher education is not short of ideas. It has struggled to turn them into everyday practice.

Scholars mapped today's pressures decades ago. That wisdom did not fail. It moved from the centre of how universities are designed to the margins of how they are discussed.

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

A university does not change a life by being excellent. It changes a life by being present.

Excellence is measured and ranked. Presence is not, which is why it is so often the first thing an institution quietly stops funding.

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

SUF27, 26-28 of January 2027, Antalya, Turkiye. Get ready

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Getting Ready for SUF27. Join us

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Science & Wisdom

Science is not the only way to knowledge. We learn from science, traditions, history, religions & other faucets of wisdom.

"cancelling" all but science will not work. humanity must stay "Humane". Science is a tool not a destiny.

#Prof_Bassem_Khafagy
#360_BKK

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Getting Smarter

Acquiring technology alone will not lead to smart learning or “Smart universities”.

Carrying a smart phone does not necessarily make a person “Smart”.

Becoming “Smarter” is a holistic process not a technology-shopping spree.

#Prof_Bassem_Khafagy
#360_BKK

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Responsibilities are Opportunities

Many successful careers and lives started when the person did not shy away from carrying a responsibility. It later turned out to be an opportunity of a lifetime.

Always think of new responsibilities as potential opportunities.

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

3 Months to go

Join SUF22
28-30 March 2022
Antalya, Turkey

Get a deeper understanding
of the status of “Smart University’s”
concepts, tools, ideas, and innovations

Register Now:
https://t.co/NBXu9ihRjr

#SUF22
#S-U-F
#SUFglobal
#SmartUniversityFoundation
#SmartUniversityForum

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

4 Months to go

Join SUF22
28-30 March 2022
Antalya, Turkey

Get a deeper understanding
of the status of “Smart University’s”
concepts, tools, ideas, and innovations

Register Now:
https://t.co/NBXu9ihRjr

#SUF22
#S-U-F
#SUFglobal
#SmartUniversityFoundation
#SmartUniversityForum

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

5 Months to go

Join SUF22
28-30 March 2022
Antalya, Turkey

Get a deeper understanding
of the status of “Smart University’s”
concepts, tools, ideas, and innovations

Register Now:
https://t.co/NBXu9ihRjr

#SUF22
#S-U-F
#SUFglobal
#SmartUniversityFoundation
#SmartUniversityForum

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

SUF22 Announces the Theme of its
2022 Global Forum & Expo

28-30 March 2022
Antalya, Turkey

The Theme will be:

"University 4.0"
Concepts & Solutions for a “Smarter University“

Call for Presentations will be announced shortly

Join us
Together, We Can Make a Difference

#SUF22

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Join SUF22
28-30 March 2022
Antalya, Turkey

Get a deeper understanding
of the status of “Smart University’s”
concepts, tools, ideas, and innovations

Register to attend:
https://t.co/NBXu9ihRjr
@SUFglobal

#SUF22
#S-U-F
#SUFglobal
#SmartUniversityFoundation
#SmartUniversityForum

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Join us on Tuesday (19 Oct. 2021) 11:30-12:00 Istanbul Time

The Universities' Influence on Societies Post COVID-19: Challenges & Opportunities
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Bassem K. Khafagy
Secretary General, S-U-F, USA

ZOOM: https://t.co/kEJ04TZMcg
YOUTUBE: https://t.co/Zn10A7W1cr

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

SUF22 is honored to welcome Prof. Dr. Ömer Özyılmaz, as a Board Advisor, and a VIP Speaker.

He is a member of the “Presidential Education and Training Policy Board”, Presidency of Turkey, and the former Vice President (Vice-Rector) of Istanbul Aydin University. Welcome aboard.

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Smart University Foundation, S-U-F has selected Antalya, Turkey; one of the top tourists, cultural, educational, and economic hubs of Europe & the Middle East, as the host city for SUF22 Global Forum & Expo, 28-30 March, 2022. #SUF22 will focus on future of “Smart Universities”

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

Prof. Bassem Khafagy, Secretary General, S-U-F, will be a keynote speaker at the Intl Congress themed: SOCIETY 5.0, at Toros Univ., Mersin, Turkey on 19-20 October.

Prof. Khafagy will discuss "The Universities' Influence on Societies Post COVID-19: Challenges & Opportunities"

[SUFglobal @SUFglobal]

A “Smart University”:

“Would need to identify astute and acceptable ways in which the university and its graduates can enhance the contributions they make to society, to the university’s cultural heritage, and to the future of its wider community.”

Join us at #SUF22 .. Soon!