On the Present and Future of Integral Education at CIIS and Beyond

Join California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) President Brock Blomberg and CIIS Provost Kathy Littles for a unique conversation exploring the present and future of CIIS and what is core to its mission of integral education. President Blomberg and Provost Littles share insights on the current moment at CIIS and beyond, as well as the role higher education plays in our world today. They discuss the creativity, innovation, and expansion required to meet the needs of students and faculty in higher education while responding to trends in an evolving marketplace.  

President Blomberg and Provost Littles tackle big questions facing CIIS and other higher education institutions such as: How do we respond to global issues of social justice? How do we respond to the creative tension of self-expression, acceptance, and transcendence of boundaries?  

Cutting edge leaders will be essential as we build upon our many years of integral education which hopefully sets us up for continued growth and prosperity in the future.


Brock Blomberg is the President of CIIS. Before arriving at CIIS, President Blomberg was President of Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA, and Dean of the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, CA, where he also served as the Peter K. Barker Professor of Economics and the George R. Roberts Fellow. Earlier, President Blomberg worked as faculty at Wellesley College, and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.


Kathy Littles is the Provost of CIIS. Previously Provost Littles served as Dean of the School of Consciousness and Transformation and Director of the Transformative Inquiry Department at CIIS before leaving for Saint Mary’s College in 2019. She brings to CIIS many years of leadership experience in higher education and a firm understanding of the CIIS mission and Seven Commitments. Her tenure of experience also includes faculty positions at the University of California at Davis, Berkeley City College, and the College of Marin. Prior to her academic career, she served as the arts education coordinator for Monterey County, as well as the Cultural Funding Program coordinator for the City of Oakland. 

She earned a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of California at Davis, an MA in Anthropology from San Francisco State University, and a BA in Anthropology and Art from Saint Mary’s College of California.  

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