The Roles of Higher Education in Competitiveness and Global Productivity

Posted by Global Interdependence Center on August 20, 2018

Join the Global Interdependence Center (GIC) for their conference on The Roles of Higher Education in Competitiveness and Global Productivity.

Speakers will address the relationship between U.S. higher education and how it can facilitate growth in U.S. competitiveness and global workforce preparation. Candid assessments, opportunities, and solutions will be vetted.

The event will feature a keynote address from President Patrick Harker, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, along with presentations from:

• Chancellor James Milliken, City University of New York
• President John Anderson Fry, Drexel University
• President Ali A. Houshmand, Rowan University
• Leaders of Arizona State University, University of Nebraska, and the Perelman School of Medicine

And more!

Counterpart C-Suite Business Leaders presenting are from Aramark, EMSI Economic Modelers, Citi Group, the Philadelphia International Airport, Hogan Lovells, Saul Ewing, Penn Mutual Asset Management, and others.

The program’s agenda will focus on economic outlook and workforce trends, what higher education needs from business and government, what business and government need from higher education, and organic changes and new initiatives in higher education.

This conference was inspired by research from Lloyd A. Jacobs, M.D., president emeritus, The University of Toledo and Distinguished Fellow with the Council on Competitiveness, and Peter A. Gold, Esq., founder and president of TheGoldGroup, GIC Vice Chair, and Higher Education Program Chair. Click here to read a related paper.

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The Roles of Higher Education in Competitiveness and Global Productivity