What does the future hold?

December 2020


Ajita Talwalker Menon

President and CEO for Calbright College

September 2018


Cathy N. Davidson

Founding Director of the Futures Initiative

May 2018


Rebecca Winthrop

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Universal Education, Brookings

May 2017


Eric Schmidt

Technical Advisor, Alphabet

May 2016


Howard Gardner

Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

June 2015


Ben Nelson

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Minerva Project

September 2013


Arne Duncan

Former U.S. Secretary of Education

March 2013


Susan M. Davis

President and Chief Executive Officer, BRAC USA

October 2012


Arden L. Bement Jr.

Former Director, Purdue University Global Policy Research Institute

November 2011


Wendy Kopp

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Teach for America

May 2011


Claudia Dreifus

Contributing Writer, New York Times

October 2010


Laurie Leshin

President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

May 2010


John Seely Brown

Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge

February 2010


Jonathan R. Cole

Provost and Dean Emeritus, Columbia University

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Becoming a Frank Rhodes Scholar

The final selection of a Frank Rhodes Scholar is made by President Crow. There are three ways in which a Frank Rhodes Scholars is nominated:

  • President Crow’s personal nomination
  • FRLS Brain trust – a group of diverse ASU leaders nominate potential scholars
  • Submissions – anyone is welcome to submit a nomination here