The Future of Higher Education Partnerships presented by Gary L. Miller, chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay When Gary Miller considers the future of his own industry, higher education, it is impossible to conceptualize the university of tomorrow without a corresponding effort to anticipate the future needs of the city and region. Since his arrival last summer, UW-Green Bay's chancellor has spent countless hours meeting with local employers, civic leaders, elected officials, alumni and current students to gather ideas on Green Bay's future. He views campus and community as full partners in shaping that future. While UW-Green Bay will continue to honor the great traditions of liberal-arts learning, it will survive and thrive only if it embraces the disruptive innovations that challenge those traditions at every turn. In a rapidly evolving, Innovation Age economy, Miller sees three keys in powering the future: innovation, the transformative power of education, and regionally focused partnerships.

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Current Young Professionals
The Future of American Public Higher Education
Gary L. Miller
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin – Green Bay
April 23, 1005
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American Higher Education – Historical Highlights
Colonial Period – Harvard, 1636; William and Mary, 1692; Yale College, 1701; Princeton 1747
19th Century – Many small denominational colleges established
Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890
UW Madison established 1848
20th Century – Fewer than 1000 colleges and less than 160,000 students in 1900
Periods of extensive expansion: 1900 – 1930; 1950 – 1970
Land Grant Universities
Flagship Universities
Regional Comprehensive Universities
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All but three Big 10 Universities are Land Grants
Ohio State
Michigan State
Indiana
Purdue
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Nebraska
University of Wisconsin
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American Higher Education – Historical Highlights
Colonial Period – Harvard, 1636; William and Mary, 1692; Yale College, 1701; Princeton 1747
19th Century – Many small denominational colleges established
Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890
UW Madison established 1848
20th Century – Fewer than 1000 colleges and less than 160,000 students in 1900
Periods of extensive expansion: 1900 – 1930; 1950 – 1970
Land Grant Universities
Flagship Universities
Regional Comprehensive Universities
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Traditional American Values of Higher Education
• Public Good
• Government investment
• Commonwealth Value
• Community Value
• Regional campus expansion
• Individual value
• Good for the degree holder
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The American Public Higher Education Partnership
University
State
Government
Federal
Government
Student
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American Higher Education by the Numbers
4,726 Degree granting universities (public and private)
3,026 Four-year universities (629 are public)
1,700 Two-year universities
21 Million students enrolled (5.7% population)
13 Million full-times (declining)
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Universities in Wisconsin
76 Universities or Professional Schools (public and private)
45 Private Universities
16 For-profit
29 Not-for-profit
31 Public Universities (4-year, 2-year, UW colleges, Tech Colleges, Tribal)
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Challenges of the Modern University
• Technology
• The Changing Partnership
• Contemporary Critique

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Consider our world:
> 2.4 Billion people use the internet
Number of mobile devices > Population of the Earth
Facebook = 3rd largest country in the world
24 Hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute
22 Million hours of TV and movies downloaded every day
19 Million hours of music downloaded every day
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Consider our world:
More units of new information
will be created this year than
in the previous 5000 years.
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Consider our world:
4000 new books are published
every day
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Consider our world:
New technical information doubles
every two years
So
A beginning university student can expect one-half of the
information she learned in her first year to be outdated
by her third year.
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Consider our world:
Every month 2.4 Billion searches are issued on Google.
Each of these searches is a question of some kind.
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“We are in a Gutenberg moment.” Thomas Friedman
For the first time in history nearly everyone can generate content and
publish it to a global audience.
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Knowledge is:
Everywhere
Expanding
Universally Accessible
Disconnected from Place
What does this mean for higher education?
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Modern universities must guide students:
Interpret
Analyze
Understand Evidence
Accommodate Change
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The American Public Higher Education Partnership
University
State
Government
Federal
Government
Student
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Crumbling Partnership
University
State
Government
Federal
Government
Student
Declining
Declining
Declining
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Reinvestment in Higher Education
42 States have begun reinvesting in higher education
8 States have continued to cut higher education (in order of increasing
size of reduction)
• Pennsylvania
• Arkansas
• Kansas
• North Carolina
• Wisconsin
• Louisiana
• West Virginia
• Wyoming
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The Contemporary Critique
• Higher education should operate more like a business
• Higher education should be held more accountable.
• Higher education should focus on job training.
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Thank you!!
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