In this video, Andrew Delbanco, called “America’s Best Social Critic” by TIME magazine, sits down with Dartmouth Now to talk about the future of higher education.
“It’s clear we’re in the middle, or at least at the beginning, of a revolution in online education,” says Delbanco. “I think, as with all revolutions, nobody quite knows where it’s going to go, if it’s going to do more harm than good. I think it has potential for both.”
Delbanco, an award-winning writer, is the author of the 2012 book College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be, the title of which was the title of his lecture at Dartmouth. Delbanco has written many books and is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and The New Republic.
The William Jewett Tucker Lecture and the Tucker Foundation are both named for the ninth president of Dartmouth, who served from 1893 to 1909. Tucker, a member of the Class of 1861, helped usher Dartmouth into the modern era. He worked to increase the size and scope of Dartmouth—tripling the size of its student body and the number of faculty members during his tenure. In addition, he oversaw the addition of 20 new buildings and the introduction of a broadened curriculum.
The “Leading Voices” series started in 2011. The first season, “Leading Voices in Politics and Policy,” brought national political figures, presidential candidates, and policymakers to campus. Last summer’s “Leading Voices in U.S. Foreign Policy” included a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former Defense Department official, and a retired Navy admiral. The ongoing “Leading Voices in Higher Education” series, part of the strategic planning process, has featured visits from prominent writers, university presidents, and other figures in higher education.
Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Richard DeMillo is the next ‘Leading Voices’ speaker on May 7.
