{"63221":{"#nid":"63221","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Found Center for 21st Century Universities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EATLANTA \u2013 Dec. 17, 2010 \u2013 In a higher education climate witnessing online enrollments grow at as much as 10 times the rate of traditional campus enrollments, the Georgia Institute of Technology has announced the creation of the Center for 21st Century Universities, to be directed by former Georgia Tech College of Computing Dean Rich DeMillo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe center, which will be based in the College of Computing but will include faculty from Management, Public Policy and Industrial Systems \u0026amp; Engineering, will focus on the role of disruptive technologies like social networking and innovations like open courseware, serving as a living laboratory\u0026nbsp; for testing new educational ideas. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile technology is not the only enabler of change in higher education, it is on the critical path to all foreseeable change,\u201d said DeMillo, who served as College of Computing dean from 2002-2008 and now is a Distinguished Professor in the colleges of Computing and Management. \u201cGeorgia Tech is among the largest and most influential engineering and technological universities in the world, and we have the opportunity to be leaders in examining how disruptive technology will revolutionize undergraduate education. The goal is to use the output of this living laboratory to drive innovative, diverse\u2014perhaps competing\u2014visions of higher education in the 21st century.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile serving as dean, DeMillo oversaw the overhaul in the College of Computing\u2019s undergraduate computer science curriculum, moving to a contextual, specialized approach called Threads that has been hailed as a groundbreaking development in higher education. The new center, dubbed \u201cC21U,\u201d will not only explore technological opportunities for innovation, it will examine some of academia\u2019s long-held assumptions about knowledge and skill delivery. Reimagining those models, DeMillo said, could mean the difference between institutional success and failure in an educational environment that yields market share each year to nontraditional and international competitors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve got to figure out how to scale a Georgia Tech education to a much larger population of students while retaining every bit of the intellectual rigor that makes that experience what it is,\u201d said Steve Cross, Executive Vice President for Research. \u201cThe last decade has shown us that different models of education delivery can not only work but succeed. Given our nature and history as a technological university that responds extremely well to the shifting demands of industry, it\u2019s appropriate that Georgia Tech help lead the way toward a thriving system of higher education in the 21st century.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeMillo added that the center hopes to develop a spirit of experimentation among its faculty affiliates, challenging them to innovate in curricular design while working with national and international groups also engaged with higher education reform. First on the center\u2019s agenda is developing a seed grant program that will identify and provide funds for promising early proposals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRich DeMillo is the perfect choice to lead this center because he has a passion for education and he understands that in today\u2019s environment\u2014both in technology and in education\u2014you have to innovate or you will get left far behind,\u201d said Zvi Galil, John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing. \u201cGeorgia Tech has some of the best researchers and innovators in the world. This center will focus some of that creative energy on finding the most effective ways to leverage new technological tools to provide the best possible education to the greatest number of students.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E###\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Tech College of Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing is a national leader in the creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 10th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College\u2019s unconventional approach to education is defining the new face of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human centered solutions. For more information about the Georgia Tech College of Computing, its academic divisions and research centers, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContacts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMichael Terrazas\u003Cbr \/\u003EInterim Director of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Computing at Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mterraza@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emterraza@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-245-0707\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Multidisciplinary \u2018C21U\u2019 will examine effects of \u2018disruptive technologies\u2019 on education"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia\n Institute of Technology has announced the creation of the Center for \n21st Century Universities, to be directed by former Georgia Tech College\n of Computing Dean Rich DeMillo. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The new center will serve as living laboratory for technologically enhanced approaches to education."}],"uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2010-12-17 09:54:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:54","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63228":{"id":"63228","type":"image","title":"Rich DeMillo - Center for 21st Century Universities","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Rich DeMillo - Center for 21st Century Universities","file":{"fid":"191784","name":"rich-demillo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rich-demillo_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rich-demillo_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12620,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rich-demillo_1.jpg?itok=IcTX-qbu"}}},"media_ids":["63228"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11483","name":"technology and education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMIchael Terrazas\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterim Director of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-245-0707\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mterraza@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}