Stanford's President Marc Tessier-Lavigne: College in the Covid Age

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne joins Ian Bremmer to talk about how higher education is trying (and in many cases failing) to adjust to the pandemic this fall. Tessier-Lavigne made news in August by reversing a June decision to welcome undergraduates back to campus, determining that California’s summer Covid outbreak made it untenable to bring most students back. A look at how Tessier-Lavigne came to that decision, how Stanford intends to enforce Covid restrictions once all students do return, and what the future of higher education will look like in a post-pandemic world.

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0:00.0	We need to help our community members get back on their feet and also inspire them and help them see that we can make our way through this together, even though the times are so difficult.
0:13.7	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast, where you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.
0:21.6	Today, I'll focus on the future of education and how universities plan to cope with coronavirus.
0:28.6	The president of Stanford University, Mark Tessier Levine, is here to talk about it.
0:33.6	So let's get right to it.
0:35.6	This is a new talk about it. So let's get right to it.
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1:15.6	Danford University President, Mark Tessier-Lavine, wonderful to be with you, sir. It's wonderful to be here too, Ian. Thanks very much for having me on your show.
1:18.6	So, you know, not an easy job these days running a major university. What kind of leadership is it incumbent on you to show through this unprecedented time?
1:36.3	Well, Ian, I think like everyone around the country, the lives of our members of our community have been upended here. And so in terms of leadership,
1:47.0	we really need to do two things. First, we need to help our community members get back on their
1:52.0	feet and also help them move forward with their studies, with their research, with all of the
1:57.7	activities that they want to pursue.
2:01.6	But at the same time, we have to inspire them and help them see that we can make our way through this together, even though the times are so difficult.
2:12.6	You changed course just a couple weeks ago. There was an intention to let freshmen and sophomores, I guess, come to campus, and that is no longer the case.
2:24.6	How did you weigh that decision?
2:26.3	Yeah, it was a very difficult decision, very disappointing.
2:30.3	Our students wanted to come back, our faculty wanted to come back.
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