Recording the future: Exploring challenges and solutions to 21st-century higher education

What To Expect

Join us for a thought-provoking webinar featuring seven esteemed higher education leaders, all with extensive expertise in student success, assessment, and accreditation. Our panel delves into the future of higher education, addressing the most pressing challenges facing institutions and what that means for our future.

Experts weigh in on topics such as:

• Meeting students’ basic needs.
• The cost and ROI of higher education.
• Ensuring adequate career preparation.
• Improving and maintaining equity and inclusion.

The panel also explores critical questions about the future of higher education: What aspects should be reimagined or discarded? What traditions are worth preserving? And most importantly, why do we need higher education in the first place?

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear higher ed leaders voice their opinions on how we can shape a more equitable, inclusive, and effective future for higher education.

Speakers:

• Angie Besendorfer, Chief Impact Officer, AstrumU
• Bob Hieronymus, SVP, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Lightcast
• Caroline Kobek Pezzarossi, Special Assistant to the Provost, Gallaudet University
• Kelly Krenkel, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Florida National University
• Pamela Madden, Director of Retention, Amarillo College
• Alex Leader, Chief Customer Officer, Watermark
• Glenn Phillips, Senior Insights Consultant, Watermark

This presentation is a recording from Watermark Engage 2024.