Two months ago we had a gala dinner to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Schreyer Honors College. It was a great evening with wonderful people, especially the students (to get a sense of the amazing students I am bless to work with be sure to check […]
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We had a great all-day meeting with our colleagues from the CIC. Many are doing very exciting things and we picked up a lot of great ideas. Each program is actually quite different, but we all face similar issues and have similar concerns and I learned much yesterday. It was […]
I am starting a new category today, “ethics.” At the SHC we are focusing more on developing leaders who will be ethical in their outlook. One of the challenges is how to define “ethics” (and is it any different than “morals”?) and how to integrate that into the curriculum and […]
Today I am in Chicago meeting Honors Deans and Dirctors from the other CIC schools. What is CIC? Good question. It is the Big 10 + University of ILL Chicago. So, 12 schools in total because of course “the Big 10” is really 11 schools. CIC: Committee on Institutional Cooperation […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Magazine & journal reader has an interesting post/tease about an article by Rachel McCleary in The Review of Faith & International Affairs. She suggests that the “Secularization Theory” that for over a century has argued that an increase in economic development leads to a decrease […]
I am thrilled to hear that Tulane and NOLA are on the way back. There is much, hard work left to do, but it also means great opportunity for students. They have the rare chance to be a part of the rebuilding of one of the most distinct cities in […]
And not just because SHC-PSU is better. MICHAEL WINERIP has written an very nice reflection upon being a Harvard alumni interviewer and how being an intelligent and thoughtful person isn’t the same thing as being the best at SATs, APs, and IBs. Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard – […]
Last night was the panel discussion on climate change that I mentioned earlier. I think it went quite well. The podcast is below, so please listen for yourself! I made a few very brief remarks, the idea being to generate discussion rather than exhaustively present a particular view or argument. […]
I am sure that many of my readers have already seen or heard of Stephen Prothero’s new book concerning American’s woeful ignorance of religion, Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know—And Doesn’t. One of the more amusing statistics cited was that a significant portion of high school seniors believe […]
I just received a message via Facebook from a student at Tulane. They are starting their first dance marathon (for Children’s Hospital) this weekend! Go Green Wave! I happened upon your facebook profile and saw all of the posts about Penn State’s Dance Marathon, so despite not knowing you personally, […]