[Educause 2004] Duderstadt's keynote

James Duderstadt, former President of the University of Michigan, opened the conference on Wednesday with a talk about the impacts of social transformation and technology on higher education. He spoke mainly about the National Academies Forum on Information Technology and Research Universities, and their activities to engage the executive leadership of universities in discussions about how technology is changing the way students and researchers work, and the social relations of researchers and educators.

The National Academies have issued a report on the topic, titled Preparing for the Revolution: Information Technology and the Future of the Research University, available here.