DOCSLIB.ORG

Putnam Villager Vol

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Putnam Villager Vol ERSAR IV Y N N A A A N N N N I I V V Y Y E E R R R R A A S S PUTNAM VILLAGER Vol. X, No. 17 Complimentary Friday, January 22, 2016 (860) 928-1818/e-mail: [email protected] THE MINOR Southbridge DETAILS A fresh start at EBC ADAM teen dies at MINOR Bigelow Hollow The Top CAR SINKS AFTER FALLING THROUGH ICE BY OLIVIA RICHMAN old Emily Blouin. NEWS STAFF WRITER Connecticut State 10 List: UNION — Four Police Troop C young adults from received a call around Southbridge, Mass., 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. were involved in a 12. When the trooper Part 1 tragic accident at arrived, a 2004 Subaru Bigelow Hollow State Legacy was already As I look back on the last 10 years Park in Union on completely submerged, I’ve worked in journalism, a lot has Tuesday night, Jan. 12. with Blouin inside. changed, but many things have stayed A sinking car resulted the same. At this point, I would call in the death of 18-year- myself a veteran in the business, but Please Read TEEN, page A11 I still have a lot to learn, especially in this ever-changing business of news- papers and media. So, in the spirit of the recently Legislators react retired David Letterman, I thought that in honor of my recent 10-year anniversary here at Stonebridge to State of the Press, I would reveal my Top 10 list of Courtesy photos things I’ve learned in my 10 years in journalism! Sounds fitting, doesn’t it? Eastford Baptist Church Senior Pastor Timothy Howard Jr. started in Whether it’s things about the job, September, and is excited for the future of the church. Union speech about people in general, or even about myself, there is much I’ve OWARD USHERS IN A NEW ERA learned about life as a journalist that H holds true to any job. Some lessons FOR ASTFORD CHURCH I learned from common sense. Some E of them (OK, fine, most of them) I learned the hard way! Either way, BY JASON BLEAU enjoy the behind-the-scenes peek! NEWS STAFF WRITER Hopefully, these lessons help some EASTFORD — of you as much as they’ve helped me. Nestled in the back And since this column turned out corner of Eastford to be so huge, I ran out of room so Baptist Church is Joe Courtney Chris Murphy I had to split it into two parts. So an office filled to the behold, the first five points of my Top BY JASON BLEAU to believe in econom- brim with personal- NEWS STAFF WRITER 10 list! ity. ic security and peace 10. Always Show Respect, Even If From books about for the nation and the People Don’t Respect You — A lot human nature and With a focus on planet. of times, at any job, especially in a Bible commentary change and the The address plead- public one such as this, when your to memorabilia from future and less focus ed for political change work is on public display, you will Lord of the Rings, on national crisis, and a narrowing of the have your critics. Always respect Star Wars and Power President Barrack divide between politi- their point of view, even if the last Rangers, this is the Obama’s address cal parties as Obama thing you want to do is listen. Often office of Eastford to the nation for his declared, “Each time, times, people just want to vent. Let Baptist Church’s final State of the there have been those them. It’s better to listen, explain and Union speech on Jan. who told us to fear the Pastor Timothy Howard Jr. preaches at Eastford have a conversation than it is to lash 12 urged a nation to future; who claimed Baptist Church during a Sunday morning service Please Read EBC, page A11 back in anger and make things worse. embrace change and At the end of the day, 99 times out of in December. Please Read SPEECH, page A12 100, a situation will be diffused if you respect the other person’s opinion and come to an understanding. 9. It’s OK to Make Mistakes … Learn From Them — There is a final- Relay for Life gearing up for 20th anniversary ity to newspapers (and really, any BY JASON BLEAU The event takes to the funds raised once again for a cause the World Purple,’ print media) that is intimidating. NEWS STAFF WRITER Once your work is sent to the press place every year through the national that took the world and our theme for and sent away, there is no changing WOODSTOCK at the Woodstock Relay for Life efforts. by storm in the 1990’s the Relay for Life it. If there are mistakes, it is there in — It’s almost time Fairgrounds, and in Relay for Life NECT and today has become For Northeastern print until the end of time. Mistakes to Relay again, as 2016 will celebrate its Media and Marketing a national campaign Connecticut is going are a part of life (and yes, a part of the Relay for Life 20th year in style by Lead Paul Desautels with local ties to just to be ‘Twenty Years journalism), so be prepared to take of Northeastern building on its yearly called the upcom- about every major of Painting the responsibility for them when they Connecticut gears up goal of honoring those ing event an excit- region in every state World Purple,’” said happen, and be humble enough to for a landmark year who have won and ing one, as teams in the union. Desautels. “It’s fan- admit errors and fix them accord- as a long-running tra- lost their battles with from throughout the “The nation- ingly. dition in Connecticut. cancer, thanks in part region come together al theme is ‘Paint Please Read RELAY, page A12 8. Triple Check Your Work — Speaking of mistakes, one thing I hate to see is a mistake in the paper While firefighters are that could have been prevented by usually tasked with another check. I admit, there have putting out fires in been times, even in this very column, Light the fire their local communi- where I’ve seen mistakes get through ty, they worked hard that baffle me. Always double- and THOMPSON — Phelps Pond was the place to be in to get this smaller triple-check your work. It’s worth Thompson Saturday, Jan. 16, for the 10th annual commu- version of the bonfire the extra few minutes you spend if it nity bonfire. lit for youngsters to means no headaches later. keep warm. For more photos, turn to page A6! 7. Work Fast, But Work Clean — Jason Bleau photos And speaking of time, this job is a constant race against the clock. Deadlines loom. One comes and the clock is reset. Much work is to be done in a short amount of time. Over the years, I’ve learned ways to work faster and get more things done. We humans are pretty good at adapting, and I’ve learned to work fast while also working cleaner with fewer mistakes. I’ve learned faster ways of doing things that save me time. Be careful not to work so fast that you lose track of the task at hand or do a sloppy job. Tune in to next week’s column for the epic conclusion to my Top 10 list of lessons I’ve learned in my first 10 years in journalism! Adam Minor may be reached at (508) 909-4130, or by e-mail at aminor@ stonebridgepress.com. Letting their imagination sour, these young spectators to the Thompson Community Bonfire used local plant life to create a simulated swordfight. A2 • Friday, January 22, 2016 VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS The mystery of Dandy Fuel Co. While looking at the entries in “The Killingly ILLIngLY Jan. 6, 1966, Windham Business Encyclopedia” by K County Transcripts Natalie Coolidge. at 300 recently, I came across Originally Dandy Gas, Inc. an ad for Dandy Fuel under Harry R. Elion, the com- Co. (Sinclair Heating pany changed its corporate MARGARET Oil) at 22 Killingly name to Dandy Fuel Company Drive. This didn’t ring on Oct. 1, 1965, and remained WEAVER a bell, so I checked to under the management of see if there were any Morton Blumenthal. There is no reference in the Business Encyclopedia about how long the business remained in that location. Does anyone know? If so, please contact the Killingly Historical Center or e-mail me. The same page of the Business Encyclopedia con- tained an entry under cotton manufacturer Daniel Daniels 8x7-9x7 Steel Liftmaster 1/2 hp that I thought you would find 2 Sided Insulated interesting. Chain Drive “The cotton factory of Dan Garage Door A. Daniels and Welcome B. r-value 9.65 Inc, standard hardware & 7ft Opener Sayles, situated in Killingly, Courtesy photo track, 8 color & 3 panel design options $270 was damaged by fire to the A car in the canal, probably at the Maple Street mill. $570 inc Installation amount of $1,500 on Wednesday price matching available on all written quotes morning.” inc Installation Pennsylvanians ‘Pennamites,’ Brooklyn families that settled So says the Woonsocket tried to expel said Pennamites, in the area, please let us know. Patriot (Windham County without success. The little con- It was not until after the Telegraph 1/12/1854). Daniels flict went on for years and was colonies had declared their was listed as a manufactur- finally settled under the aegis independence that the young er in the 1860 U.S.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Charter Reform in Chicago, 1890-1915: Community and Government in the Progressive Era
    Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 1980 Charter Reform in Chicago, 1890-1915: Community and Government in the Progressive Era Maureen A. Flanagan Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Flanagan, Maureen A., "Charter Reform in Chicago, 1890-1915: Community and Government in the Progressive Era" (1980). Dissertations. 1998. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/1998 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1980 Maureen A. Flanagan CHARTER REFORM IN CHICAGO, 1890-1915: COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT IN THE PRCGRESSIVE ERA by Maureen Anne Flanagan A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Loyola University of Chicago in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy December 1980 ACKNOWlEDGMENTS I take this opportunity to thank several persons who offered guidance, encouragement, and stimulation in the research and writing of this dissertation. Professor James Penick gave me the latitude to pursue my research and develop my ideas in ways that were impor­ tant to me, while ahlays helping me understand the larger historical context of my work. Professor William Galush offered much guidance and insight into the study of ethnic groups in the city. And Pro­ fessor Lew Erenberg constantly prodded me to explore and develop the important ideas, and offered constant moral support.
    [Show full text]
  • College Mearning
    Dpmmfhf!Mfbsojoh Ofx!Hmpcbm!Dfouvszgps!uif !2EPORTFROM THE.ATIONAL,EADERSHIP#OUNCILFOR Mjcfsbm!Fevdbujpo!!!!!!!!!BnfsjdbÖt!Qspnjtf 1818 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 Copyright © 2007 by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-0-9779210-4-1 The complete text of the LEAP report is available online at www.aacu.org. To order print copies, or to learn about other AAC&U publications, visit www.aacu.org, e-mail [email protected], or call 202.387.3760. Published with support from the Christian Johnson Endeavor Foundation, the Charles Engelhard Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Johnson Foundation, AT&T Founda- tion, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and numerous individual donors. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funders. Nfncfstijq!pg!uif!Obujpobm!Mfbefstijq!Dpvodjm! gps!Mjcfsbm!Fevdbujpo!boe!BnfsjdbÖt!Qspnjtf Derek Bok, Interim President, Harvard Azar Nafisi, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy University Institute, Johns Hopkins University Myles Brand, President, National Collegiate Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Athletic Association Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago Mary Sue Coleman, President, University of Michigan Peggy O’Brien (Cochair), Senior Vice President, Educational Programming, Ronald A. Crutcher (Cochair), President, Corporation for Public Broadcasting Wheaton College (MA) James F. Orr III, Chair, Board of Trustees, the Troy Duster, Director, Institute for the Rockefeller Foundation History of the Production of Knowledge, New York University; Chancellor’s Professor of Keith J. Peden, Senior Vice President of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley Human Resources, Raytheon Company Judith Eaton, President, Council for Higher Christi M.
    [Show full text]
  • New Policy Report (Page 1)
    La Follette Policy Report Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison Volume 18, Number 2, Spring 2009 Director’s Perspective Differences in Higher Education: Growing Importance Investments, Costs, and Outcomes of Higher Ed for Economic Well-Being Timothy Smeeding Across the United States, students, raditionally, Americans expect the nation’s colleges and universities to assure families, and public universities are Thigher education access to all youths with ability and motivation to succeed. grappling with how to adjust budg- This is part of the American dream. Yet, despite U.S. efforts to promote post-sec- ets and expectations to meet finan- ondary schooling for youth from lower-income backgrounds, income-related gaps cial shortfalls. University students in access to higher education and in college graduation rates are large. Although re- eye taking on more debt. High school silience, luck, and persistence pay off for a minority of low-income children, the students may consider less expen- odds of completing four-year college degrees are increasingly stacked against them. sive two-year colleges for their About 85 percent of eighth-grade students in the United States aspire to a col- freshman year. Colleges ponder lege degree. However, in 2001, only 44 percent of high school graduates from the higher tuition to offset declines in bottom quintile of the income distribution were enrolled in any form of higher ed- public support and endowments. ucation shortly after graduating high school. By contrast, almost 80 percent of Some experts argue that an those in the upper quintile were so enrolled.
    [Show full text]
  • Ward Churchill
    The Myth of Academic Freedom: Experiencing the Application of Liberal Principle in a Neoconservative Era Ward Churchill The University of Colorado was created and is maintained to afford men and women a liberal education in the several branches of literature, arts, sciences, and the professions. These aims can be achieved only in an atmosphere of free inquiry and discussion, which has become a tradition of universities and is called “academic freedom.” For this purpose, “academic freedom” is defined as the freedom to inquire, discover, publish and teach truth as the faculty member sees it, subject to no control or authority save the control and authority of the rational methods by which truth is established. Within the bounds of this definition, academic freedom means that members of the faculty must have complete freedom to study, to learn, to do research, and to communicate the results of these pursuits to others. The students likewise must have freedom of study and discussion. The fullest exposure to conflicting opinions is the best insurance against error [. .]. All members of the academic community have a responsibility to protect the university as a forum for the free expression of ideas. —Laws of the Regents of the University of Colorado Article 5, Part D: Principles of Academic Freedom1 It would be difficult to improve upon the articulation of principle just quoted, especially since the statement goes on in the following subsection to state that, “[f]aculty members have a responsibility to [. .] exert themselves to the limit of their intellectual capacities in scholarship, research, writing, and speaking” and that, “[w]hile they fulfill this responsibility, their efforts should not be subjected to direct or indirect pressures or interference from within the university, and the university will resist to the utmost such pressures or inter- ference when exerted from without.”2 In sum, “[f]aculty members can ______________ Portions of this article originally appeared in The Perils of Academic Freedom special issue of Social Text 25.1 (Spring 2007): 17-39.
    [Show full text]
  • Change and Persistence in the Place of the Liberal Arts in American Higher Education
    STILL HERE: CHANGE AND PERSISTENCE IN THE PLACE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS IN AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION Robert A. McCaughey Barnard College, Columbia University This essay was commissioned by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation under the auspices of the Mellon Research Forum on the Value of Liberal Arts Education. © 2019 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License. To view a copy of the license, please see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. The Mellon Foundation encourages distribution of the report. For questions, please write to [email protected]. STILL HERE 1 Preface & Introduction The following essay offers a brief history of the idea and practice of the liberal arts in America. It is based upon a rich body of writings by historians of American higher education. A contributor to that literature, I am here reliant mostly upon the work of others, some my teachers and colleagues, others through their publications. In discussing the recent past, I draw on six decades of personal experience as student, faculty member and erstwhile dean. I welcome the invitation from Mariët Westermann and Eugene Tobin of the Mellon Foundation to undertake this essay, but I have tried to do so in the way John Henry Newman commended “liberal knowledge” to the Catholic gentry of Dublin in The Idea of a University: “That which stands on its own pretensions, which is independent of sequel, expects no complement, refuses to be informed (as it is called) by any end, or absorbed into any art, in order duly to present itself to our contemplation.” [1.] A prefatory word on definitions.
    [Show full text]
  • VALUING, MEASURING, and FINANCING HIGHER EDUCATION in the 21St CENTURY
    TRENDS AND ISSUES VALUING, MEASURING, AND FINANCING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 21st CENTURY By Mimi Lord, Associate Director, TIAA-CREF Institute December 2006 TRENDS AND ISSUES www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org “A college degree is replacing the high school diploma as a mainstay for economic self- sufficiency and responsible citizenship. In addition, earning a bachelor’s degree is linked to long-term cognitive, social, and economic benefits to individuals, benefits that are passed onto future generations, enhancing the quality of life of the families of college- educated persons, the communities in which they live, and the larger society. For these reasons, it is imperative that we ensure access to higher education for all college-qualified low income and other historically underserved students, keep college affordable, and demand institutional accountability for student learning and graduation rates.” --- Center for Postsecondary Research, “Connecting the Dots…,” August 1, 2006.”i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For centuries, education has been valued as a means to critical thinking and scientific inquiry. Over time, additional benefits have become increasingly clear, and especially the economic benefits to individuals and society overall. Measuring the learning outcomes of higher education has proven to be more difficult, however, but is progressing through initiatives such as the National Forum for College-Level Learning. Many challenges exist in this rapidly changing world in which knowledge has become the standard currency and higher education struggles for the financial means to supply it. Issues regarding access, growth in competition, demands for accountability, and financial strains are among the many challenges of today’s top administrators. This report provides an overview of: a) the benefits of higher education, b) current initiatives that attempt to measure and promote successful learning outcomes, and c) challenges that administrators face in carrying out their educational mission.
    [Show full text]
  • Economic Perspectives
    The Journal of The Journal of Economic Perspectives Economic Perspectives The Journal of Fall 2015, Volume 29, Number 4 Economic Perspectives Symposia Overcondence Ulrike Malmendier and Timothy Taylor, “On the Verges of Overcondence” Michael D. Grubb, “Overcondent Consumers in the Marketplace” Ulrike Malmendier and Geoffrey Tate, “Behavioral CEOs: The Role of Managerial Overcondence” Kent Daniel and David Hirshleifer, “Overcondent Investors, Predictable Returns, and Excessive Trading” The Future of Retail A journal of the Ali Hortaçsu and Chad Syverson, “The Ongoing Evolution of US Retail: American Economic Association A Format Tug-of-War” Bart J. Bronnenberg and Paul B. Ellickson, “Adolescence and the Path to Maturity in Global Retail” 29, Number 4 Fall 2015 Volume Online Higher Education Michael S. McPherson and Lawrence S. Bacow, “Online Higher Education: Beyond the Hype Cycle” Peter Navarro, “How Economics Faculty Can Survive (and Perhaps Thrive) in a Brave New Online World” Articles Jane E. Ihrig, Ellen E. Meade, and Gretchen C. Weinbach, “Rewriting Monetary Policy 101: What’s the Fed’s Preferred Post-Crisis Approach to Raising Interest Rates?” Bruce D. Meyer, Wallace K. C. Mok, and James X. Sullivan, “Household Surveys in Crisis” Roger Fouquet and Stephen Broadberry, “Seven Centuries of European Economic Growth and Decline” Recommendations for Further Reading Fall 2015 The Journal of Economic Perspectives A journal of the American Economic Association Editor Enrico Moretti, University of California at Berkeley Co-editors Gordon
    [Show full text]
  • Still Here: Change and Persistence in the Place of the Liberal Arts in American Higher Education
    STILL HERE: CHANGE AND PERSISTENCE IN THE PLACE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS IN AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION Robert A. McCaughey Barnard College, Columbia University This essay was commissioned by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation under the auspices of the Mellon Research Forum on the Value of a Liberal Arts Education. © 2019 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License. To view a copy of the license, please see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. The Mellon Foundation encourages distribution of the report. For questions, please write to [email protected]. STILL HERE 1 Preface & Introduction The following essay offers a brief history of the idea and practice of the liberal arts in America. It is based upon a rich body of writings by historians of American higher education. A contributor to that literature, I am here reliant mostly upon the work of others, some my teachers and colleagues, others through their publications. In discussing the recent past, I draw on six decades of personal experience as student, faculty member and erstwhile dean. I welcome the invitation from Mariët Westermann and Eugene Tobin of the Mellon Foundation to undertake this essay, but I have tried to do so in the way John Henry Newman commended “liberal knowledge” to the Catholic gentry of Dublin in The Idea of a University: “That which stands on its own pretensions, which is independent of sequel, expects no complement, refuses to be informed (as it is called) by any end, or absorbed into any art, in order duly to present itself to our contemplation.” [1.] A prefatory word on definitions.
    [Show full text]
  • You Can Download a Free Copy of the April to June 2020 Issue Here
    Mail We're here to keep you informed April-June 2020 Hidden heroes and secret gems YOUR ASSOCIATION Got a question? Want to update your membership or change the address News 6 -17 30 that Air Mail comes to? Ready to volunteer? Need support? Want to All the latest from the Association and the RAF community, including: Welcome a new veterans’ railcard; more RAFA Kidz, events celebrating 100 years buy Association merchandise? We’re here for you... s I write (in mid March), the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the of RAF College Cranwell; and what’s coming up at this year’s airshows, radio and televsion, updating the people of the United Kingdom on the for the national VE Day celebrations and at other Association events. ACoronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Other world leaders are doing the same. 0800 018 2361 The RAF Association is meticulously following official advice to ensure we do all we can to reduce the impact of this pandemic in every aspect of our work. By the time 0900 to 1800 GMT/BST every weekday. Features you read this, whatever country you are in, the very fast-moving situation will have Closed for English bank holidays and changed - but we will be continuing to work in the best interests of beneficiaries, Christmas holidays. 8 Finding it Tough? members, volunteers, and employees - and looking for ways to adapt our support News of the major new wellbeing project for the whole RAF family Contents [email protected] to help members of the RAF family who will need us now more than ever.
    [Show full text]
  • Swarthmore College Bulletin
    Campus Cohesion Features 14: Cohesion and Diversity From Parrish Hall to the new Alice Paul Residence Hall, Swarthmore’s architecture sings many styles in a single voice. Departments By Inga Saffron 3: Letters 20: The Need-Blind Readers’ valued insights Balancing Act The College’s ability to meet the scholarship 4: Collection needs of all admitted students depends on Student leaders and other campus updates factors and trends that are difficult to predict. Profiles By Tom Krattenmaker 38: Connections 47: A Passion for Painting Arabella Carter and Lifelong Learning Helen Glenzing Dodd ’45 found success 24: Pacifism and Bugle Calls in her 60s as an abstract watercolorist. Diana Kinker ’06 is Swarthmore’s only 40: Class Notes By Audree Penner student in R.O.T.C.—and she’s an example The peaks and valleys of alumni lives of the long-standing tension between 59: Motorhead Swarthmore and the military in time of war. 45: Deaths Bill Pichardo '71 is revved about cars. By Paul Wachter ’97 Classmates always remembered By Lewis Rice 30: The Road to Damascus 68: Books + Arts 66: Doctor in the House More Swarthmoreans are finding their way Invasion of Privacy by Kevin Keenan ’95, Pediatrician Yan Chin '87 is available to to the world’s oldest city— reviewed by Carol Nackenoff, professor of sick children around the clock. including Josh Landis ’79 and political science, and other alumni scholar- By Carol Brévart-Demm pioneering foreign-study students. ship and creativity By Jessica Carew Kraft '99 and Cathleen McCarthy 72: In My Life The perils of publishing poetry 34: Essential Reading By Sam Taylor ’97 Swarthmore faculty members list the books they think all first-year students 80: Q + A should read.
    [Show full text]
  • College Learning for the New Global Century
    Dpmmfhf!Mfbsojoh Ofx!Hmpcbm!Dfouvszgps!uif !2EPORTFROM THE.ATIONAL,EADERSHIP#OUNCILFOR Mjcfsbm!Fevdbujpo!!!!!!!!!BnfsjdbÖt!Qspnjtf 1818 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 Copyright © 2007 by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-0-9779210-4-1 The complete text of the LEAP report is available online at www.aacu.org. To order print copies, or to learn about other AAC&U publications, visit www.aacu.org, e-mail [email protected], or call 202.387.3760. Published with support from the Christian Johnson Endeavor Foundation, the Charles Engelhard Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Johnson Foundation, AT&T Founda- tion, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and numerous individual donors. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funders. Nfncfstijq!pg!uif!Obujpobm!Mfbefstijq!Dpvodjm! gps!Mjcfsbm!Fevdbujpo!boe!BnfsjdbÖt!Qspnjtf Derek Bok, Interim President, Harvard Azar Nafisi, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy University Institute, Johns Hopkins University Myles Brand, President, National Collegiate Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Athletic Association Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago Mary Sue Coleman, President, University of Michigan Peggy O’Brien (Cochair), Senior Vice President, Educational Programming, Ronald A. Crutcher (Cochair), President, Corporation for Public Broadcasting Wheaton College (MA) James F. Orr III, Chair, Board of Trustees, the Troy Duster, Director, Institute for the Rockefeller Foundation History of the Production of Knowledge, New York University; Chancellor’s Professor of Keith J. Peden, Senior Vice President of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley Human Resources, Raytheon Company Judith Eaton, President, Council for Higher Christi M.
    [Show full text]
  • John Valery White, Seeing Higher Education and Faculty
    SEEING HIGHER EDUCATION AND FACULTY RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH RICHARD MATASAR’S CRITIQUES OF LAW SCHOOLS: COLLEGE COMPLETION, ECONOMIC VIABILITY, AND THE LIBERAL ARTS IDEAL IN HIGHER EDUCATION John Valery White† CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 545 I. THE PREVAILING CRITIQUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ................... 549 II. AN INCOMPLETE CRITIQUE ......................................................... 555 III. COLLEGE ATTAINMENT AS THE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE DRIVING CALLS FOR CHANGE..................................................... 565 IV. THE POLICY CRISIS ..................................................................... 569 V. THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ............................................................... 575 VI. THE GENIUS AND FAILINGS OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ................................................................... 582 VII. C OMPLETION AND THE CHALLENGE TO UNIVERSITIES ................ 589 INTRODUCTION Everywhere, it seems, there are books, essays, and editorials describing a crisis in higher education. Chronicle of Higher Education writer Goldie Blumenstyk summarizes the crisis by asking, rhetorically, if there is one and answering: Over the past thirty years, the price of college has gone up faster than prices of almost all other goods and services. Student debt is at an all- time high of $1.2 trillion. Doubts about the value of college are on the rise. State support for the public-college sector, which educates seven of ten students, has yet to (and may never) return to the generous levels of the early 2000s. The financial model underlying many private colleges is becoming more and more fragile. Collectively, colleges reflect—some say even amplify—the racial and income inequities of the nation’s neighborhoods and elementary and † Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Strategic Advisor to the President, UNLV. J.D., Yale Law School, 1991; B.A., Southern University, 1988.
    [Show full text]