Word: deans
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...David Von Drehle, who rode along with the irrepressible Gee on a barnstorming tour of small Ohio towns. Gee is the model of what we were looking for. "University presidents," he says, "must be involved in the great questions of our times." To come up with this year's dean's list, we talked to a broad cross section of education experts, including other college presidents, and from their recommendations we selected a diverse group of educators. We plan to do another list next year and open the process to nominations from educators, students and parents...
...Dean Wolfe, SURPRISE, ARIZ...
Last week Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffrey S. Flier gave the debate over health care reform a “failing grade.” In a Wall Street Journal editorial, Flier criticized the nature of the debate, the economic logic of the spending plan, the efficacy of proposed legislation, and the plan’s transparency...
...surgical strike just when the high school musical is being cast or the starting lineup chosen. And senior year is the witching hour: "I think for a lot of parents, college admissions is like their grade report on how they did as a parent," observes Madeleine Rhyneer, dean of students at Willamette University in Oregon. Many colleges have had to invent a "director of parent programs" to run regional groups so moms and dads can meet fellow college parents or attend special classes where they can learn all the school cheers. The Ithaca College website offers a checklist of advice...
...this outlet is only as effective as students make it. In the past month, submissions have dropped, and we have found ourselves once again without concrete community input in the budget process. Students have asked for transparency and inclusion in the budget-cut process, but even when Dean Hammonds and the working groups ask for input, students have not participated...