Tulowitzki, Shields discuss Swiss, American higher education

On Thursday, May 23, then-Associate Dean Tom Shields of SPCS and Professor Pierre Tulowitzki of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) led a public conversation titled “Public or Private Good: Comparisons of Higher Education in Switzerland and the U.S.” 

Shields, who serves as program chair of graduate education and associate professor of education and leadership studies, hosted the talk with Tulowitzki, who serves as professor and chair of educational management and school improvement in the School of Education at the FHNW.

The luncheon conversation focused on differences in higher education in Switzerland and the United States. Tulowitzki’s visit was part of a relationship that Shields had previously established with FHNW. Tulowitzki was accompanied by Dr. Miriam Ronsdorf, Head of International Education at FHNW, during the formal three-day visit to the University of Richmond.