b'SYDNEY - BOSTON - FUKUOKA 2018 - 2019Conclusion unique partnership with Singapore University of Technology and Advances in technology and the impact they have on ourDesign,MIT News, 31 March 2015(all quotes on SUTD from same article).world is as old a theme as humanity itself. Contemplating what comes next is central to furthering any dialogue, butFuller, J.B.2015,Whose responsibility is it to erase Americas shortage of skilled workers?The Atlantic,22 September 2015.making specific investments based on these forecasts too often miss the mark or lead to early obsolescence. Today,Hayward, B.2014, Exploring provocative ideas for undergraduate forward-looking schools are embracing the one thing thateducation at Stanford,Stanford News,5 May 2014.they can guarantee: that change is certain. The best way toKovacs, K.2016, More people enroll in college even with rising price prepare students for their lives after graduation is to showtag, report finds,Inside Higher Ed,22 September 2016.them that change not as an unwelcome challenge to theirNational Association of Business Economics2015,Survey shows skills, but as an opportunity for them to apply themselves ingrowing US shortage of skilled labor,CNBC Economy,20 July 2015.new and surprising ways.Schools like SUTD and the Instituto Tec are doing exactly thatDennis Pieprz is Principal and Chair of Design at Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA, USA;Romil Sheth, Architect & by restructuring their concept of higher education. SUTDsUrban Designer is a fellow Principal at Sasaki Associates.academic pillars and the infusion of campus life spaces throughout create an immersive experience that celebrates discipline-blurring encounters and increases student and faculty interactions. Instituto Tecs challenge-based curriculum lets students work together to solve real-world problemsfostering intrinsic curiosity and a team-player mentality, all while showing the positive impact they can have on the world. These new pedagogies and spatial realizations promote the cross-pollination of ideas and give students the edge they need in todays world. That edge goes far beyond the outmoded values of G.P.A. and transcripts. Its not just the edge to land that first job after college, but the well-rounded, noble, and nimble mindset that will guide them through their entire lives and careers. Notes:[1] This paper is composed from material published in:Pieprz, D. & Sheth, R.2017,Singapore and Mexico are inventing the 21st-century 150campus,Planning for Higher Education, vol.4 no.2,pp.90-106, and a124presentation given by Dennis Pieprz to the MUDD24 Boston Studio at Sasaki Associates, Watertown, MA on 30 October 2019.[2] All images courtesy of Sasaki Associates.[3] Singapore-based MKPL Architects served as local architects on the project.References:Bryant, A.2013,In head-hunting, big data may not be such a big deal,The New York Times, 19 June 2013.Durant, E.2015,Collaboration 101: MacVicar Day examines MITs Master of Urban Development & Design 2018-2019Pieprz & Sheth-paper.indd 11 26/11/2019 5:04:44 PM'