President Crow summarizes the origin of his dedication to innovation in higher education and how ASU reflects that work during the 2025 Edison Awards Gala on April 3 in Fort Myers, Florida. President Crow received the award, alongside Jensen Huang, founder, president and CEO of NVIDIA, for his career contributions to the world of innovation.

A report issued by the Council on Higher Education as a Strategic Asset, or HESA, of which President Crow served as co-chair, outlines critical talent shortages in sectors essential to national strength — health care, cybersecurity and AI, education and engineering — and calls for scalable, coordinated solutions to close these gaps.  

America’s Talent Moonshot: How the United States Can Win the Global Competition for Prosperity and Security

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