Provost Thanassis Rikakis discusses the university’s Beyond Boundaries Destination Areas with a student group. Photos courtesy Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech is preparing for 21st-century competition.
“Because the knowledge game is a global game, the competition for talent in knowledge will be global,” says Virginia Tech Provost Thanassis Rikakis. “The institutions that will be able to compete in a global knowledge game will be first-rate institutions, and the institutions that won’t be able to compete in the global knowledge game will have the danger of becoming second-rate institutions.”
Virginia Tech does not intend to be second-rate. It has designated five “destination areas,” spheres in which the university intends to be a global leader by developing teams aimed at solving 21st-century problems. (See interview with Dennis Treacy, rector of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors)
