Fourth Industrial Revolution

Q&A: The university of the future must break down walls between disciplines

Students attend a lecture in the auditorium of Technical University of Munich 'Technische Universitaet Muenchen' TUM in Munich, Germany, May 25, 2016.

"Progress rests on a three-legged stool: academia, government and business." Image:  REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Shirley Ann Jackson
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
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