Our guest today is an emerging star among major research university Presidents, Dr. Mung Chiang, President of Purdue University. Prior to becoming President, Dr. Chiang served as the university's executive vice president for strategic initiatives. And as Dean of the university's top five College of Engineering. President Chiang is that rare individual who is not only a much honored engineer, but is also a highly respected educator and proven technology entrepreneur and innovator.

Our guest today is one of the nation's foremost higher education visionaries and innovators, Dr. Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University. Michael is a professor, knowledge enterprise architect, science and technology policy scholar, higher education leader, and author. He has served as President of Arizona State University for 22 years, and has driven its groundbreaking transformation into one of the world's best public metropolitan research universities.

Elwood Gordon Gee is an American academic administrator. As of 2023, he is serving his second term as president of West Virginia University; his first term there was from 1981 to 1985. Gee is said to have held more university presidencies than any other American.

Learn what Gordon Gee say's about today's higher education from his view.