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The Future of Public Research Universities Project Symposium
April 30, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

Symposium Two: Big Questions for the Academic Profession at Public Research Universities
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 – 12:00 (noon)-1:30 PM (ET)
You are invited to participate in the second webinar in the Series on Public Research University Futures, scheduled for Wednesday, April 30 from noon to 1:30. The second webinar is titled The Academic Profession in Public Research Universities: Challenges, Changes, and Opportunities.Four national leaders and scholars will speak on the issue.
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This free series, which is facilitated by Professors Ann Austin and Brendan Cantwell and hosted by the Center for Higher and Adult Education at MSU, is framing key issues and questions confronting Public Research Universities in today’s dynamic landscape for higher education. For an overview, please visit: CHAE Leads New Series on Future of Public Research Universities – Center for Higher and Adult Education. In the webinars, each speaker elevates a pressing question pertaining to the overall topic of the webinar that they believe higher education leaders at all levels should consider and the importance of the question they highlight.
The first webinar occurred on March 12 and focused on the Roles of Public Research Universities and the landscape in which they do that work. You will find a recording of that session here.
Speakers include:
- Noah Finkelstein, Professor of Physics & Co-Director of the Network of STEM Education Centers; University of Colorado,
- Leslie D. Gonzales, Professor of Higher Education & Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education; University of Arizona
- Kimberly A. Griffin, Dean of College of Education & Professor of Higher Education; University of Maryland
- Emily Miller, Deputy Vice President for Institutional Policy; Association of American Universities.
Questions about the CHAE Project PRUF can be directed to CED.CHAE@msu.edu