Askwith Forum: Making Education Relevant in the Face of Global Challenges

***Note the 4 p.m. start time***

Moderator: Fernando Reimers, Ed.M.’84, Ed.D.’88, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education and Faculty Director, International Education Policy Program, HGSE; Co-Chair, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative

Panelists:
• William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development and Faculty Chair, Energy and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
• Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society, Harvard College Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Member of the Faculty, Harvard Divinity School
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Chair and Director, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
• Howard Koh, Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership and Director of the Leading Change Studio, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Co-Chair, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative

This panel opens a think tank focused on the question of how to make education relevant. Issues addressed will include how we align what schools and universities teach with some of the biggest global challenges we face; how to prevent and address the potential for religious, ethnic, and racial conflict; and the challenge of closing gender gaps, promoting health, and fostering environmental sustainability.