We’re pleased to feature this Q&A with Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass on key issues in foreign affairs, globalization, higher education and his latest book, The World: A Brief Introduction.
Haass spoke with NEBHE President and CEO Michael K. Thomas and NEJHE Executive Editor John O. Harney on Monday, July 28, 2021, via Zoom.
Among Haass’s mantras: “Universities have departments but the world doesn’t.” He believes in interdisciplinary thinking. And he believes higher education is ripe for disruption.
Here are selected video excerpts from the interview:
The Council on Foreign Relations as Education Partner
Topping Up at the Intellectual Gas Station
Crowdsourcing Change
A Hybrid Future: Higher Ed Was Ripe for Disruption
Why Business Management Needs Global Awareness
Trends Were In Place Before the Pandemic
Good for Them and Good for Us
Soft Power: The Strength of U.S. Higher Education
Interdisciplinary Needs: Universities Have Departments; the World Doesn’t
A World 101 Curriculum
Core Curriculum: Familiarity with the World and Civics
International Students Are a Source of Strength
Will the Market Reward World Literacy?
World Knowledge: A Lifelong Learning Endeavor
Isolationism: The World Isn’t Tired of Us
Globalization: What Began in Wuhan Didn’t Stay in Wuhan
Here is the full video of The New England Journal of Higher Education‘s Q&A session with Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The World: A Brief Introduction, interviewed by NEJHE Executive Editor John O. Harney and NEBHE President and CEO Michael K. Thomas: