Alma Mater
Liberal arts college presidents consider the changing landscape of academe.
Liberal arts college presidents consider the changing landscape of academe.
December 3, 2012 - 1:26pm
As a newly appointed president, I awaken each day privileged to serve an engaged, talented, and caring community of learners. I also face each day responsible for helping my campus effectively address the convergence of external forces dramatically shaping higher education today.
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November 14, 2012 - 3:00am
While attending college, a traditionally aged student makes the remarkable transformation from an adolescent to a young adult, and such rapid growth requires courage. Therefore, in addition to encouraging a student to write, speak and think like an adult, colleges must attend to a student’s need for courage.
November 5, 2012 - 9:18am
Colleges and universities agree that student success is their central focus. But what important factors contribute to student success? An under-emphasized contributor is student campus work.
October 22, 2012 - 9:51am
Every time I see the acronym MOOC, I find myself filled with some combination of excitement and apprehension.
October 9, 2012 - 8:06am
Much media attention has recently been given to the Thiel Fellowships, an effort described by The New York Times as “one of the most unusual experiments in higher education today.” But -- in these critical years for their development as persons -- will these young people spend time thinking about the meaning of their lives, about their moral obligations to fellow human beings?
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