futurize

futurize. To orient toward the future. An institution may futurize by reorganizing its activities so as to meet future challenges. An educational institution may offer courses in futures studies (or futuring), or introduce the future into a regular course. Warren Wagar, a historian as well as a futurist, developed a future-oriented world-affairs course that became one of the most popular at the State University of New York at Binghamton.