IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis talks with Dr. Sunita “Sunny” Cooke, President of MiraCosta College, and Dr. Wendy Stewart, the college's Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Officer. They discuss how this institution serving North San Diego County in California has embraced foresight and futures thinking to become a future-ready public community college. The conversation explores MiraCosta's innovative degree programs designed to prepare students for emerging fields like generative AI, and the importance the college places on taking an equitable approach to meet the diverse needs of tomorrow's students.
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IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis talks with Dr. Sunita “Sunny” Cooke, President of MiraCosta College, and Dr. Wendy Stewart, the college's Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Officer. They discuss how this institution serving North San Diego County in California has embraced foresight and futures thinking to become a future-ready public community college. The conversation explores MiraCosta's innovative degree programs designed to prepare students for emerging fields like generative AI, and the importance the college places on taking an equitable approach to meet the diverse needs of tomorrow's students.
Future Now 004 — The Education Myth with Jon Shelton
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2 years ago
Future Now 004 — The Education Myth with Jon Shelton
In today's episode, IFTF's Executive Director Marina Gorbis talks with Jon Shelton, Associate Professor and Chair of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Vice President for Higher Education of the American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin. They discuss Jon’s new book, “The Education Myth,” which challenges the idea that education is a solution to all economic and social inequalities in society. Instead, Jon argues that we need to focus on other policy levers and reforms in addition to education. We hope you'll enjoy this conversation.
Quote: “The ‘education myth’ is the idea that education and, more specifically, investment in human capital can magically overcome all of the other economic and social inequalities that exist in our society.”
Mentioned in this episode:
The Education Myth, Jon Shelton (https://bit.ly/3LrBJAP)
The Fantasy Economy, Neil Kraus (https://bit.ly/3Nixitk)
The Education of Blacks in the South 1860-1935, James D. Anderson (https://bit.ly/3ouAGaf)
Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order, Jon Shelton (https://bit.ly/3V6cCHe)
Thinking Like an Economist, Elizabeth Popp Berman (https://bit.ly/3LbY3xg)
Knocking on Labor's Door, Lane Windham (https://bit.ly/3V0uwel)
Don't Blame Us, Lily Geismer (https://bit.ly/41BmQBM)
The Race between Education and Technology, Claudia Goldin & Lawrence F. Katz (https://bit.ly/3LpnVaa)
The Meritocracy Trap, Daniel Markovits (https://bit.ly/3L8pkQW)
The Tyranny of Merit, Michael Sandel (https://bit.ly/3N5JgGR)
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IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis talks with Dr. Sunita “Sunny” Cooke, President of MiraCosta College, and Dr. Wendy Stewart, the college's Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Officer. They discuss how this institution serving North San Diego County in California has embraced foresight and futures thinking to become a future-ready public community college. The conversation explores MiraCosta's innovative degree programs designed to prepare students for emerging fields like generative AI, and the importance the college places on taking an equitable approach to meet the diverse needs of tomorrow's students.
