Design Imperative

Learner Experience


We can try to prepare our faculty to be most effective in that space, while also protecting their interests and the university's interests. The other thing…



Sure. Let me step back just a minute. The federal government invests a tremendous amount of money in higher education and has for many, many years, not just in…


Dr. Minu Ipe


So let's think about what universities have been doing for society for hundreds of years. Right. That essentially began with the mission of educating some…


Dr. Minu Ipe


So we have learned a lot in and through the projects that we have been engaged in. Working in 25 countries has given us such [a] perspective into the context of…


Dr. Minu Ipe


So the design imperatives originated in conversations we had with hundreds of higher education leaders. As the University Design Institute was getting off the g…


Dr. Safiya George


Yeah. So, we have a great network of historically black colleges, universities across this country who share some similar challenges and capacity, capacity in t…