Harvard i-lab Leader Leaving for Boise State to Revamp Education

The head of the Harvard Innovation Lab, Gordon Jones, has accepted a new position as dean of the College of Innovation and Design at Boise State University in Idaho. Jones will continue to serve as the lab’s managing director through the end of the academic year in June, and then head west.

"This isn’t your conventional move," Jones says. "It could be an example to other public universities."

Jones says he and his family have no direct ties to Idaho. He does tout the area’s schools, quality of lifestyle, and cost of living as attractive features. But it sounds like he’s just ready to do something new that involves revamping university education. "This could be a chance to apply the experience and story of the Boston ecosystem, and Harvard i-lab, to a place like Boise," he says.

Gregory T. Huang

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