Overview

The aim of the Futures Initiative (FI) is to prepare the University of Virginia for a future in higher education that promises to be radically different in 10 years.

• AI has already begun to transform the higher-ed landscape, while a host of other technologies (biosensors, quantum computing, internet of things) are at the gates.
• What can UVA do to harness these technologies, rather than belatedly ride out their disruptions?
• How can UVA position itself so that it has a ready response to matters of perpetual domestic and global concern – matters of democracy, health, and environment? 
• What changes can UVA make with respect to its research, teaching, and organizational practices to meet – or even make – these futures?

These are far-reaching, ambitious questions. As we dare to answer them, they will challenge us to be equally imaginative and investigative, practical and philosophical, inspired and inspiring. 

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