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GW’s Future

GW’s Future. One Outsider’s Opinion. REAL ESTATE RELEVANCE RANKINGS. Robert David STEELE University Seminar Thursday 15 March 2012. GAME PLAN 2012-2015 SecState asks for Open Source Agency on South Central Campus

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GW’s Future

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  1. GW’s Future One Outsider’s Opinion REAL ESTATE RELEVANCE RANKINGS Robert David STEELE University Seminar Thursday 15 March 2012

  2. GAME PLAN 2012-2015 SecState asks for Open Source Agency on South Central Campus Saudis and JFK Center raise funds for two new buildings and Potomac Plaza ($600M estimate)+ GW as hub for design team including all stakeholders 2 1 Two new buildings on the Plaza, four new buildings on the South-Central Campus. 1 2

  3. Horizons College & Consortium for Multidisciplinary Research PhD in Comprehensive Architecture School of Future-Oriented Hybrid Governance

  4. GW PROVOST: 4 Sets of Questions • Globalization • Governance & Policy • Innovation with Interdisciplinary Collaboration • Citizenship & Leadership • Robert David Steele: • 4 Sets of Answers • Open Everything • Eight Tribes, Integrate Everything • Strategic Analytic Model Harmonizes Global / Local Sharing • BE the National University/OSA-MDSC

  5. Globalization • Capitalizing on research all over the world • Recognize the total fragmentation of knowledge • Do the homework – Elsevier citation analytics • Preparing students for a global society • Heritage College: ethics, analytics, religious studies • Horizons College: 8 tribes, whole systems solutions • Disseminating GW research all over the world • Create World Brain Institute, Global Game • Create prototype Center for Public Intelligence • Restructuring GW as an institution? • Secretary of State to demand Open Source Agency • GW, JFK, Saudis raise funds for Potomac Plaza

  6. Governance & Policy • Translating policy relevance into research • Policy is out of touch with any model or true costs • BE the national university with the model & facts • Building a policy-relevant educational experience • Teach the students how to create public intelligence • Teach the students how everything is connected • Advancing new models of hybrid governance • BE the hub for eight tribes, World Brain, Global Game • Create the open source everything tools & network • Strengthening GW’s position on policy deliberation • BE the lead university for the Open Source Agency • BE the lead university for the Multinational Decision-Support Centre

  7. Interdisciplinary Innovation • Sponsored interdisciplinary collaboration • Do the homework – pay for Elsevier citation analytics • Adopt the model—work on ten high level threats • Preparing students for an interdisciplinary world • Deeply impress on students the model, true costs • Use online options to connect all courses • Promoting an interdisciplinary culture • Centralizing hiring at university level, end school silos • Centralize grant applications, harmonize applications • Enabling interdisciplinary collaboration at GW • Clean-sheet evaluation of all existing buildings and how used • Leverage the Potomac Plaza building as the prestige location for University Professors who lead TEAMS

  8. Citizenship & Leadership • Expanding research on citizenship & leadership • The truth at any cost lowers all other costs • Integrate sciences, religions, & philosophies • Fostering citizenship & leadership skills • Learn to question authority by discerning the truth • Future-proof the university – walk the walk • How can GW be a better citizen of DC and USA? • Future-proof the District of Columbia • Be the National University and hub for Smart Nation • What institutional changes are needed? • Learn how to do Open Space conferences and do many • Commit to Open Everything, adopt these ideas as a whole

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