Sarasota and Manatee college leaders discuss the future of higher education

Leaders from the area’s four higher education institutions met on Saturday to talk about what college will look like in the year 2035.

The cost of college, the future of K-12 education and more collaboration between Sarasota and Manatee’s four institutions of higher learning were among the topics discussed at the first symposium of the “Sarasota Institute” held on Saturday at State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota.
SCF President Carol Probstfeld, New College of Florida President Donal O’Shea, Ringling College of Art and Design President Larry Thompson and University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Regional Chancellor Karen Holbrook held a wide-ranging discussion on what higher education will look like in the year 2035.
The event was billed as a “21st Century Think Tank.”