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Student Heather Schlegel in NY Times and on Fox News
The meteoric rise of Heather Schlegel, current Houston Foresight student, continues! Not only has she raised $37,000 on Kickstarter to fund her TV series Future of Money, she's [...]
Student Needs 2025+: All That's Old is New Again
Millennials seem to be itching for the 70s. Two new scan hits show that modern trends in working and playing might be headed for a [...]
Dr. Bishop interviewed in Lithuania
Grab your passports because we’re traveling to Lithuania with Dr. Peteris Bishopas (Lithuanian spelling)! Last December, Dr. Bishop (our former leader and the current head of [...]
2014 Spring Gathering Student Needs 2025+: See the Presentations
On March 1, UH Foresight held its annual Spring Gathering, and this year was all about Student Needs 2025+. Below find links to videos of presentations from all six teams and a copy of their presentations.
Student Needs 2025+: Big Data, Loneliness, and Vocaloids
On March 1, UH Foresight held its Spring Gathering and the Student Needs 2025+ research teams for the first time revealed their baseline and alternative [...]
Student Needs 2025+: College News Roundup
Some excellent stories on NPR this morning about trends in higher education. 1. Big changes at the SAT This is obviously big news for college-going [...]
Student Needs 2025+: Cost as a Driver of Change in Higher Ed
"How much does a college degree cost? What a steal!" ...said pretty much no one ever. Last week, NPR's Planet Money ran a story about [...]
The Good Shepherds by Alum Seth Itzkan
Holistic Management may actually restore savannas and grasslands In a recent article in Food Tank, graduate alum Seth Itzkan ('93) discusses how a return to a more [...]
Teach the Future – An Invitation
An invitation from Dr. Bishop - I am writing to invite you to join a social movement. The movement is called Teach the Future. Its [...]
Student Needs 2025+: Who is a Student?
Before we can truly understand students needs now or in the future, we have to know who those students are. Our society has a limited [...]
Student Needs 2025+: Personal Branding
That selfie may just make or break your next job application. Whether it's LinkedIn or employers checking Facebook instead of references, we all know that [...]
Hines Interview in The Innovators
Last week in Dr. Hines’ Proseminar class, we focused on how futures and futurists are portrayed in the media, and how we, as new futurists, [...]