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Dr. Wilson has authored over 55 scholarly articles, wrote or edited five books, and given over 200 invited lectures.

• Blog post from Japan where President Wilson also delivered the commencement address at Kyushu University, March 25, 2008.

• Delivered 'virtually' at the Linc 2007 Conference in Amman, Jordan, this presentation highlights "Technology-enabled Education: A Catalyst for Positive Change" and speaks to President Wilson's personal vision of distance education at the University of Massachusetts. November 2, 2007 (29:00)

Massachusetts Vision 2015: A Presentation for TiECON East, June 15, 2007

President Wilson talks to CBS4's Project Mass about the need for investment in public higher education, January 19, 2007

President Wilson on NECN's CEO Corner with Maryanne Kane on January 15, 2007 (12:21)

Public Higher Education: An Investment in the Future of the Commonwealth (PPT); Presentation to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Leading Industries Executive Forum; December 5, 2006

Testimony Submitted to the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education; Testimony at the Commission on the Future of Higher Education; March 20, 2006.

UMass and the Innovation Economy (PPT, 359 KB); Presentation to the Waltham West Chamber of Commerce, Waltham, MA; January 13, 2006.

Online Education: 'Reverse Engineering' Higher Ed (PPT, 327 KB); Keynote speech to the Sloan International Conference; Orlando, FL; November 18, 2005.

The Gathering Storm in K-12 STEM Education (PPT, 387 KB); Presentation to Governor Romney; October 18, 2005.

Presentation to the Higher Education Committee; October 11, 2005.

Trustee Priorities for the University -- Progress Against the Priorities (PDF); Report to the Board of Trustees on the University's Strategic Priorities and its performance in priority areas; August 24, 2005.

The Never Ending Education: How Universities Must and Can Meet the Educational Needs of Students and Alumni for Life (PPT, 1.15 MB) Keynote Speech; WebCT Impact 2005; San Francisco, CA; July 21, 2005.

The Maintenance Contract for Higher Education (PPT, 255 KB); University Continuing Education Association, March 30, 2005.

The State of New England Online Education (PPT, 278 KB); The New England Board of Higher Education; Woodstock, VT; Nov. 5, 2004.

Engineering: Global Opportunities, Global Challenges, Global Thinking (PPT, 5.61 MB); International Colloquium on Engineering Education; Keynote speech Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; September 8, 2004.

UMass The Innovation Imperative (PPT 570 KB); Presented to the Mass Software Council Annual Meeting; Sheraton Boston; September 8, 2004.

Globalism, Outsourcing, and the American University (PPT 446KB); Presented to the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference in Springfield, MA; August 9, 2004.

Guest Commentary: Massachusetts science, tech strategy should include its public university system; Mass High Tech magazine; 8/2/2004. By Jack Wilson

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