Executive Sponsor

Rafael L. Bras Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs  

Co-Chairs

Richard DeMillo School of Computer Science, Scheller College of Business, and Center for 21st Century Universities

Bonnie Ferri School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Office of Graduate Education and Faculty Development

 

Steering Committee Members:

Nelson Baker Georgia Tech Professional Education

Susan Cozzens Office of Graduate Education and Faculty Development

Jennifer Herazy Office of the Provost

Mark Hoeting Office of Information Technology

Charles Isbell College of Computing

Laurence Jacobs School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Colin Potts Office of Undergraduate Education  

Commission Advisors:

Wayne Clough President Emeritus

Jeff Selingo Center for 21st Century Universities

 

Commission Members: 

Paul Anderson Undergraduate Representative, Business Administration 

Camille Barchers Graduate Representative, School of City & Regional Planning 

Richard Barke School of Public Policy 

Carlee Bishop Georgia Tech Research Institute - Electronic Systems 

Terry Blum Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship 

Sandi Bramblett Institutional Research & Planning 

Rob Butera School of Electrical & Computer Engineering 

Ed Coyle School of Electrical & Computer Engineering 

Mike Cummins Scheller College of Business 

Jessica Curtis Office of Undergraduate Admissions 

Lizanne DeStefano CEISMC 

Craig Forest School of Mechanical Engineering 

Yakut Gazi Georgia Tech Professional Education 

Ashok ​Goel School of Interactive Computing 

Steve Harmon Georgia Tech Professional Education  

Amy Henry Office of International Education 

Samantha Holloway Undergraduate Representative, Scheller College of Business  

Bradley Jenkins Undergraduate Representative, Aerospace Engineering 

Julie Kim College of Design 

Gordon Kingsley School of Public Policy 

Quintin Kreth Graduate Representative, School of Public Policy 

Joe Le Doux School of Biomedical Engineering, GT/Emory 

Lew Lefton College of Sciences 

Pete Ludovice School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 

Usha Nair-Reichert School of Economics 

Wendy Newstetter College of Engineering 

Eric Overby Scheller College of Business 

Mary Lynn Reallf School of Materials Science & Engineering 

Muhammad Rizwan Graduate Representative, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering 

Mike Schatz School of Physics 

Raghupathy Sivakumar School of Electrical & Computer Engineering 

Chrissy Spencer School of Biology 

Bing Wang Assistant Dean of the Library

Don Webster School of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Joyce Weinsheimer Center for Teaching and Learning 

Ellen Zegura School of Computer Science 

 

External Advisory Board Members:

Mike Anderson, IE '79, Georgia Tech Foundation Board & Alexander-Tharpe Fund Board

Kelly Barrett, IM '86, Scheller College of Business Advisory Board & Georgia Tech Foundation Board

Reza Ghorieshi, CS '96, College of Computing Advisory Board & School of Interactive Computing Advisory Board

Andrea Laliberte, BIE '82, MIE '84, Georgia Tech Advisory Board (Ex Officio) & Alumni Trustee Board

Wonya Lucas, IE '83, College of Engineering Advisory Board

Sue Payne, PHYS '75, College of Sciences Advisory Board

Paul Raines, IE '85, ISyE Advisory Board & Georgia Tech Foundation Board

Tom Saylor, Biol '70, College of Science Advisory Board & GT Lorraine Advisory Board

Surishtha (Sue) Sehgal, C21U Advisory Board

Bill Todd, IM '71, Georgia Tech Foundation Board

Alan Warren, PHYS '78, Georgia Tech Advisory Board & College of Computing Advisory Board

Admiral James A. "Sandy" Winnefeld, Jr. (Ret.) AE '78, Georgia Tech Advisory Board

Janice Wittscheiebe, BS ARCH '78, MARCH '80, College of Design Executive Council

Rick Zalesky, CE '78, College of Engineering Advisory Board & School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Board

 

Commission Speaker Series:

"Wave 5: The University of the Future"  Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University November 9, 2016

"The Future of Higher Education – Harnessing Software to Enhance Learning Outcomes and Support Teaching" David Levin, President and CEO, McGraw-Hill Education (2014-2017) September 1, 2016

"Ready to Learn, Ready to Live, Ready to Lead" Caitlin Dooley, Deputy Superintendent, Georgia Department of Education June 7, 2016

"Creating Innovation in Higher Education Budget Models" Rick Staisloff, founder and principal of rpkGroup, a higher education consulting group May 26, 2016

"Cyberlearning and educational technology: Current R&D, future trends, and how educational institutions will need to change" Chris Hoadley, associate professor in the Educational Communication and Technology Program, the Program in Digital Media Design for Learning, and the Program on Games for Learning at NYU - ​Steinhardt ​May 11, 2016

"The Integration of Teaching, Learning and Assessment: A Design-Based Approach" Jim Pellegrino, co-director of Learning Sciences Research Institute, Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, and Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago April 26, 2016

“How We Ought to Change our Great Research Universities” Jonathan Cole, Former Provost, Columbia University May 24, 2017

 

Staff Acknowledgments:

Brittany Aiello, Center for 21st Century Universities

Juana Cunningham, Strategic Consulting 

Julie D’huyvetter, Center for 21st Century Universities

Susie Ivy, Institute Communications

Rob Kadel, Center for 21st Century Universities

Halcyon Lawrence, School of Literature, Media and Communication

Matt Lisle, Center for 21st Century Universities

Nicole Moore, Center for 21st Century Universities

Cara-Joy Wong, Office of the Provost

 

Students of CS 4001 (Spring 2017)

 

Student Shadow Group Participation

Paul Anderson

Thomas Koelle

Zoe Sieling

Murray Smith

Annie Son

Hayley Tsuchiyama

Organizations

U.S. Department of Education

USA Funds

OpenIDEO

McGraw-Hill Education

Lumina Foundation

International Futures Forum

MIT Office of Digital Learning

Steel Case Corporation

 

We are also indebted to the following individuals who generously helped with the Commission’s work:

Jean-Lou Chameau

Graham Leicester

David Levin

Tom Moore

Bill Sharpe