I’m devouring The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal, by Parker Palmer, Arthur Zajonc, and Megan Scribner right now. It’s a good read. It’s a thought-provoking read. It’s an inspiring read. It gives me hope. One premise put forth by Palmer is the idea that a key virtue in higher education that is [...]
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Now Here’s An Idea: Hospitality In Higher Education
Posted in Books, Change, Community, Higher Education, Learning, Liberal Arts, Teaching, tagged Books, Change, Community, highereducation, Learning, liberalarts, Teaching on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Think Again
Posted in Critical Thinking, Education, Learning, Liberal Arts, reading, Reflection, Writing, tagged criticalthinking, dialogue, education, Learning, liberalarts, reading, reflection, Writing on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! Apparently there’s now an app for critical thinking! Read all about it here: Critical Thinking: There’s An App For That Ditch your Liberal Arts education – who needs it? And hey – you no longer need to engage in dialogue or reflection with others — what a waste of your time! And [...]
Preparing For The Inevitable Shock of Change
Posted in Change, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, tagged Change, highereducation, liberalarts on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Let me recommend that you PrattleNoggers out there (yeah you — you know who you are) take the time to read this open letter to George Philip, President of the State University of New York at Albany, written by Gregory Petsko from Brandeis University, on the importance of the Liberal Arts and humanities (different entities, [...]
My Third And Final Major Was English
Posted in Blogs, Books, Employment, Goals, Higher Education, Language, Learning, Liberal Arts, Life, Literature, Money, Professional Development, reading, Reflection, Work, Writing, tagged blog, education, Employment, highereducation, integration, knowledge, Language, Learning, liberalarts, Life, Literature, problemsolving, reflection, Work, Writing on June 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
David Brooks has written an Op-Ed piece in The New York Times called History for Dollars in which he advocates for studying the humanities, and it has me nogging. Brooks argues that studying the humanities will make a person more employable because they will be able to read and write well, will deeply understand human [...]
Are You Untouchable?
Posted in Employment, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Professional Development, tagged Employment, highereducation, liberalarts, problemsolving on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Recently, Thomas Friedman wrote an Op-Ed piece in The New York Times called The New Untouchables in which he argued that the economic crisis can be attributed to, in part, our poor educational systems. Here’s an excerpt that I think is key: A Washington lawyer friend recently told me about layoffs at his firm. I [...]
Want To Change The World?
Posted in Higher Education, Learning, Liberal Arts, Mission, Strategic Planning, tagged education, highereducation, integration, Learning, liberalarts, Marylhurst, strategicplanning on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is Liberal Arts Education day here on PrattleNog. My head is spinning with thoughts about the tremendous personal and social benefits of such because three items have crossed my path related to this question: Why is a liberal arts education important? These three items have raised for me four BIG CONCERNS. Here goes: First, [...]
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