- When
- Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
- Event interval
- Single day event
- Campus location
- Student Union Building (HUB)
- Accessibility contact
- Greta Essig
- Event types
- Academics, Lectures/Seminars, Special Events
- Description
- This year’s featured author is David J. Staley, professor of history at The Ohio State University and author of Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education. In his work, Staley challenges us to reimagine higher education not as a fixed institution but as a space of continual transformation. What if students were required to major in three disparate subjects? What if universities placed play at the center of learning, or designed curricula around broad cognitive skills rather than departments? Through bold “What if?” questions, Staley opens the door to radical and inspiring visions for the university of the future.
Professor Staley will be in conversation with UW College of Arts & Sciences Dean Dianne Harris. Together, they will explore how higher education might evolve and what possibilities lie ahead for universities like ours. This conversation connects directly to the College’s Rethinking the Academy initiative, inviting our community to think big-picture about the future we want to create for students, faculty, and society.
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