Aspen, Colorado — July 1, 2014 — Announced today at the Aspen Ideas Festival, The Higher Education Video Game Alliance (The Alliance) will provide a platform for leading academics to showcase the critical role video game programs are playing in educating and preparing students for the 21st century workforce. The Alliance will afford its members, including professors and other campus leadership, an opportunity to share and highlight best practices, publish research, initiate and strengthen industry connections, and educate and engage policymakers and the media.
The first-of-its-kind alliance will be led by and open to university faculty, director of game design programs ,departmental heads, and other campus leadership The founding and executive committee members include Constance Steinkuehler, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the UW-Madison Games+Learning+Society center; Tracy Fullerton, Associate Professor and Director of USC Games at the University of Southern California; Andrew Phelps, Professor and Director of the Rochester Institute of Technology MAGIC Center; Drew Davidson, Professor and Director of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University; and Katherine Isbister, Associate Professor and Director of the Game Innovation Lab at New York University. The full list of current Charter Members, as well as more information on The Alliance can be found on www.HigherEdGames.org.