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The Futures Initiative at the CUNY Graduate Center advances greater equity and innovation in higher education and promotes reinvestment in higher education as a public good. linktr.ee/futuresinitiative

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We close by celebrating @cathyndavidson.bsky.social for her bold leadership and unwavering commitment to higher educationβ€”and for 10 transformative years of the Futures Initiative. Here’s to a legacy of innovation, justice, and public good.

08.05.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another blind spot in higher ed: failing to grasp the deep value of diversity. We define excellence narrowly and ask diversity to prove its worthβ€”while taking homogeneity as the norm. It’s time to question who defines excellence and why.

08.05.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Higher education has as its mission to serve the public goodβ€”but rarely stops to ask how the public defines it.
One of our biggest blind spots is assuming our definition is shared. To rebuild trust, we have to listenβ€”especially across difference.

08.05.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@cathyndavidson.bsky.social speaks about college debt and that most have $40K in debt but for profit college debt is three times that plus higher dropout rates. It exacerbates the problem but we're seeing a push for privatization and that's precisely what we don't want.

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08.05.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"If funding is going to be tied to politics, we need to be tied to each other. Transform competitive spaces into collaborative ones." - Nancy Cantor, President of CUNY's Hunter College.

08.05.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Challenging times can open space for imagination.
In moments of crisis, resistance, endurance, and imagination become essentialβ€”not just to survive, but to transform.
These moments can be the catalyst for long-overdue change in our institutions.
#FutureOfHigherEd #TransformHigherEd

08.05.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hunter College President Nancy Cantor calls for creating shared spacesβ€”not controlled by universities or communities alone, but co-created together.

08.05.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To shape the future of higher ed, we must co-create with communities - not drop in grant by grant, but commit for the long haul. It’s about shared spaces, visibility, and building together. That can be revolutionary!

08.05.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shelly Lowe, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, highlights our responsibility to communicate the value of our work:
"Higher ed is facing cuts, discrediting, and public distrustβ€”but the public doesn’t know what’s being lost. That’s on us!"

08.05.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Hunter College President Nancy Cantor reminds us of the importance of doing research embedded with communities:

β€œWe need a two-way streetβ€”a community of experts with and without formal credentialsβ€”who really co-produce solutions.”
#FutureOfHigherEd

08.05.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Storytelling is as important as science". @shellyeversley.bsky.social about the importance of liberal arts and humanities in Higher Education.

08.05.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We start our event with a powerful question: What does it mean to defend higher education and cultural institutions for the public goodβ€”not just for today, but for generations to come? #FutureOfHigherEd

08.05.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are LIVE: The Future of Higher Education!

08.05.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hugging Face – The AI community building the future. We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

In today's "AI and the Future of Higher Education," @cathyndavidson.bsky.social mentions former FI Fellow Chris McGuinness and what she has learned about Hugging Face, a "GitHub for AI": huggingface.co

@hf.co @futuresed.bsky.social @hastac.bsky.social

08.05.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At today's Futures Initiative webinar on AI and the Future of Higher Education, @cathyndavidson.bsky.social quotes Andrew Chee: "Love yourself enough to write your own term papers," @alexanderchee.bsky.social. SO important that we emphasize love, and foster self-advocacy & self-trust in students!!

08.05.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.

05.05.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7303    πŸ” 1140    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 86

If OpenAI / chatGPT is supposed to do something for the public good, then it could have been rolled out differently to actually serve education and learning rather than overwhelming the education system in the whiplash. Great point by @alondra.bsky.social at today's @futuresed.bsky.social webinar!

08.05.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We just finished the amazing conversation with @alondra.bsky.social and @cathyndavidson.bsky.social, and @hastac.bsky.social area directors Dr. Jade E. Davis and Dr. Kevin Healey. We will be sharing the recap of the conversation on our website soon.

08.05.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@alondra.bsky.social reminds us that expertise is often weaponized to exclude. So, we must reject the notion that only technical experts should shape AI policy. When it comes to its usage in schools, educators, parents, students, and citizens must have a voice.

08.05.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As we explore AI’s possibilities, @cathyndavidson.bsky.social also worries about what we’re not learning when we outsource too much to ChatGPT. Like using our critical thinking, developing writing skills, and being aware of how we learn.

08.05.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œPart of what we’re going to learn is from the students.” β€” @alondranelson on the need to engage AI in education with humility, knowing we’re teaching future generations who will have grown up with it.

08.05.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks @cathyndavidson.bsky.social for sharing some encouraging initiatives like @huggingface.bsky.social, an open-source community that helps open the AI blackbox. Initiatives like this put tools in the hands of policymakers like @alondra.bsky.social, to design better policies.

08.05.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe risks and possibilities of AI aren’t the same in K–12 and college classrooms. And we shouldn’t assume AI is an educational advanceβ€”it must be proven, demonstrated, and researched.” @alondra.bsky.social in conversation with @cathyndavidson.bsky.social in our webinar.

08.05.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œMy assumption is it’s not new.” β€” @cathyndavidson.bsky.social on AI as just the latest chapter in a long history of technological evolution.

08.05.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are starting now! Join us!

08.05.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making Room for Latin American Studies and Scholars at CUNY Historian Mila Burns joins β€œThe Thought Project” podcast to discuss her forthcoming book and her work to amplify Latino voices at CUNY.

My latest podcast, with the amazing Mila Burns, Associate Director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.A GC alumna who is also on faculty at Lehman College. She shares her most recent research in Cuba. www.gc.cuny.edu/news/making-...
#CLACLS

05.12.2024 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Futures Initiative Annual Report 2023–2024 READ OUR ANNUAL REPORT HERE We invite you to browse this report, compiled by Doctoral Student Fellows Burcu Γ–zdemir and Megan C. Henriquez, and guided by Dr. Christina Katopodis, Senior [...]

Hot off the press! Our 10-Year Anniversary Annual Report for 2023-2024 is now published! You can read the digital version here and pick up your hard copy at tomorrow's event in the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Elebash Recital Hall! futuresinitiative.org/2025/05/06/f...

07.05.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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… and stick around after 5 for pizza, drinks, music, and mingling!

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@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @futuresed.bsky.social @cunygcps2.bsky.social

05.05.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm prepping for "AI and Higher Ed" on Thurs 11 am EST, by listening to talks by @alondra.bsky.social. What clarifying, demystifying brilliance! You can register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/alondra-ne... #Science @futuresed.bsky.social @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @hastac.bsky.social

06.05.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very excited for Thursday's big events! Join us! @futuresed.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

03.05.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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