Higher Ground: Ethics and Leadership in the Modern University.HIGHER GROUND: ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERN UNIVERSITY By Nannerl O. Keohane Nannerl "Nan" Overholser Keohane (born September 18, 1940, in Blytheville, Arkansas)[1] is an American political theorist and former president of Wellesley College and Duke University. Duke University Press, dukeupress.edu; 2006; 304 pp; $24.95 THINGS COULDN'T BE MORE CONTROVERSIAL for Durham, N.C.-based Duke. White members of the men's lacrosse lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. team are being accused of raping a black woman from North Carolina Central University History NCCU was chartered in 1909 and opened in 1910 as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua under the leadership of President James E. Shepard. . An independent study of the incident accused Duke officials of failing to understand the gravity of the situation when the incident was first reported to police. The upshot has been non-stop media coverage that has surpassed any received by a higher ed sports scandal in recent memory. Enter former Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane. Her writings on leadership--created during her 11 years in office--have been compiled into a new book that, while not being able to calm the waters, will remind higher ed leaders about the importance of mission and decision-making. While at Duke, Keohane launched the Women's Initiative, which reported on the stress for Duke's young women to be perfect--academically outstanding, fashionable, and attractive. This research, along with the new developments, makes some passages in the book especially poignant. Keohane is a former president of Wellesley Cortege (Mass.). She is currently a distinguished visiting professor Distinguished Visiting Professor is an academic title bestowed by American Universities on prominent scholars who have been invited to teach a course in their area of expertise for one semester or more to enrolled undergraduate and graduate students. at the University Center for Human Values Human Values is the universal concept that preserves and enhances Homo Sapiens as a species, this applies to every human being on the present universe, anything against this values brings the consequence of a Self Species Extermination Event (SSEE) like hate, racism or war. at Princeton. |
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