Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Cathy Davidson, fully Cathy N. Davidson
American Scholar and University Professor, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
"We also held three public forums on the draft, including one at the first international conference convened by HASTAC (haystack), an acronym for Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory.1 HASTAC is a virtual network of academics and other interested educators in all fields who are committed to three principles fundamental to the future of learning institutions: first, the creative use and development of new technologies for learning and research."
"What is the institutional basis for their persistence? If a virtual site spans many individuals and institutions, who or what supports (in practical terms)"
"When considering the future of learning institutions in a digital age, it is also important to look at the ways that digitality works to cross the boundaries within and across traditional learning institutions."
"You cannot reform the content or the method of teaching without radically changing the terms of assessment."