Tulane University: From Recovery to Renewal
By Scott Cowen
By August 31, 2005, two days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, two-thirds of the Tulane University campus was under water. Yet as the combined result of several crucial decisions, a successfully implemented recovery plan, and unprecedented campus–community cooperation, the university managed to reopen on January 17, 2006.
Saving Higher Education in the Age of Money
By James Engell and Anthony Dangerfield
The subjugation of ideals of learning, curiosity, and scholarship to the primacy and glorification of monetary reward will, if allowed to continue, deal a crippling blow to higher education.
Democracy, Diversity, and Presidential Leadership
By Mildred García
Alumni, elected officials, faculty, boards of trustees, and members of the surrounding communities all look to college presidents to take particular stands. At the end of the day, however, presidents must be true to their own values and principles.
On the Practicality of a Liberal Education
By Rudolph H. Weingartner
Is a liberal education not an extravagant detour to the kind of training that will get the graduate respectable employment?
Faculty Accountability for Culturally Inclusive Pedagogy and Curricula
By Stephen John Quaye and Shaun R. Harper
If students are to benefit from the gains associated with classroom diversity, faculty must respond to the accountability movement by holding themselves accountable for offering culturally inclusive pedagogy and curricula.
A Campus, Not a Sanctuary
By Donald W. Harward
The horror of the shootings at Virginia Tech has created an opportunity for us to think about the kinds of places we want our college and university campuses to be.
Thinking Not Inside or Outside but About the Boxes
By Sanford Tweedie
Many academics can point to the books or articles they’ve authored, but what does the teacher have to show for his or her work?
