What are the most pressing purposes served by higher education? And how well or poorly are we serving these broader objectives? Which strategies and innovations are most likely to improve the ways in which higher education can help improve our global, human condition? In this lecture, President Chodosh will identify and evaluate major issues facing higher education on a national and global level. He will then sketch a series of promising solutions designed to increase the positive impact of higher education on the shared challenges and opportunities of our day.