70: Avijit Ghosh (Illinois Urbana-Champaign) with Strategic Insight into Higher Education Today

On this episode of Deans Counsel, Jim Ellis and Dave Ikenberry speak with Avijit Ghosh, Dean Emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Gies College of Business. He also served as vice president/chief financial officer and comptroller for the University of Illinois System since 2018. Dr. Ghosh's Research and teaching interests are in the area of retail and marketing strategy and sales forecasting. His reas of specialization include locational analysis, technology commercialization, entrepreneurship, and marketing strategy.

In this perhaps provocative conversation, Avijit lends his insights into to the state of higher education today, and expounds on such topics as:

- the value proposition: delivering on the promise of higher education

- the cost of higher education as a barrier to accessibility

- delivering multiple avenues for education (not just undergraduate)

- tech transfer

- his perspectives on today's political environment

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Produced by Joel Davis at Analog Digital Arts

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DEANS COUNSEL: A podcast for deans and academic leadership.

James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019)

David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016)

Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry

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