A panel of university presidents, past and present, talked about the future of higher education at a discussion at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education on Thursday.
Online education, affordability and state funding were all topics of discussion at the panel, titled “Disruption in Higher Education.”
Like many college presidents today, former UVa President John T. Casteen III was forced to adapt to a major disruption during the 1990s. During the decade, state funding to the university dropped dramatically, and Casteen and his administration began focusing on private fundraising.