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August 15, 2024
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PODCAST
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Academia at a Crossroads
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Whether it’s over protests, plagiarism, faculty hirings and firings or student mental health issues, U.S. universities have been making a lot of headlines. As polls show the public has lost trust in higher education leadership and college administrators are preparing for the upcoming academic year, how can schools quell controversy, regain trust and repair their reputations while prioritizing student education? A student reporter, two college presidents and the head of the largest U.S. university ranking system discuss academia’s toughest problems. Listen
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COLLECTION
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It’s Getting Hot in Here
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A couple of degrees makes a world of difference — megafires, rising seas, failing infrastructure and food systems require our immediate attention. Demands on dwindling natural resources continue to mount, but the roadmap to a healthy relationship with our planet exists. We can turn carbon into meat and apply Indigenous knowledge of forests and fire. We can decarbonize the grid and improve how we make batteries. We can reach those historically left out of big decisions. Solutions abound — what will it take to deploy them at the speed and scale we need to reverse the consequences of a changing climate? Learn More
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The First AI Elections
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Two billion people worldwide are set to vote in elections this year, amid global conflict, societal mistrust, broken information ecosystems and the disruption of generative AI. How are governments and tech companies anticipating and mitigating the chaos? Hear from Taiwan’s first Digital Minister Audrey Tang, Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and Microsoft’s general manager of Democracy Forward Ginny Badanes in a conversation moderated by Vivian Schiller, the executive director of Aspen Digital at the Aspen Institute. These experts discuss what regulations are needed
between private and public institutions, how to train voters to be critical consumers of information, and where artificial intelligence can actually help democratic processes, not hinder them. Watch
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