James Honan of Harvard University and Peter Felten of Elon University will talk about the social and technological forces shaping American higher education in a 5:30 p.m. program co-sponsored by Elon's Politics Forum and the Center for Leadership.
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
“The Future of Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities,” a conversation with Harvard’s James Honan and Elon’s Peter Felten
McBride Gathering Space, Numen Lumen Pavilion, 5:30 p.m.
The program is free and open to the public.
James Honan has served on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education since 1991. He is also a faculty member at the Harvard Kennedy School, a principal of the Hauser Institute for Civil Society at Harvard University, co-chair and senior associate director of the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University, and educational co-chair of the Institute for Educational Management at HGSE. His teaching and research interests include financial management of nonprofit and education organizations, strategic planning, organizational performance measurement and management issues and higher education administration.
Previously, Honan served as institutional research coordinator in the Office of Budgets at Harvard University, project analyst in Harvard’s University Financial Aid Office, and executive assistant to the president of Lesley University. He holds a B.A. from Marist College, an M.A. and Ed.S. in Higher Education from George Washington University and an Ed.M. and Ed.D. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University.
Peter Felten is assistant provost for teaching and learning, director of the Center for Engaged Learning, executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, and an associate professor of history at Elon University. He has published widely on engaged learning, faculty development, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He is a graduate of Marquette University and earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Texas at Austin.