Thanks to the generosity of David and Judy Frey, John Kao was in town to talk about innovation as a Frey Distinguished Visiting Professor. Before his public talk, he came to the studio to talk to me about innovation and related topics. John definitely has the big view of innovation. He has written on the [...]
November 12, 2012 – 10:16 am
In our pop and jazz musical selections, we have been talking a lot about the importance of session musicians to pop music and how they knit together pop music history. The difference between a great song and a great song that becomes a hit record has to do with execution, and getting the right session [...]
November 5, 2012 – 11:59 am
In the last of five posts, I’ll look at one more force faced by public universities, as described by Hunter Rawlings during his recent talk at Carolina. Rawlings is president of the American Association of Universities. Watch his talk on the video at the end of this post. Finally, Rawlings cited intercollegiate athletics as an [...]
November 2, 2012 – 8:12 am
In the fourth of five posts, I’ll look at one more force faced by public universities, as described by Hunter Rawlings during his recent talk at Carolina. Rawlings is president of the American Association of Universities. You can watch his presentation at the end of this post. The next force cited by Rawlings was ‘ideological [...]
October 31, 2012 – 12:18 pm
In this third of five posts, I’ll look at one more force faced by public universities, as described by Hunter Rawlings during his recent talk at Carolina. Rawlings is president of the American Association of Universities. The third force mentioned by Rawlings is the tension between systems and flagships. In some states, this tension has [...]
October 29, 2012 – 12:06 pm
In this second of five posts, I’ll look at one more force faced by public universities, as described by Hunter Rawlings during his recent talk at Carolina. Rawlings is president of the American Association of Universities. Rawlings’ second force facing public research universities is the complexity of the institutions. Rawlings refers to this as ‘corporatization,’ [...]
October 24, 2012 – 1:10 pm
A few weeks ago, Hunter Rawlings came to campus to give a talk about the future of public higher education. You can watch the talk on Carolina’s YouTube channel or at the end of this post. Hunter has a special vantage point – he is the president of the American Association of Universities, which represents [...]
October 13, 2012 – 5:49 pm
On the morning of University Day, we were planning for the honoring of our distinguished alumna and alumnus awards and getting ready for the ceremony where Jamie Bartram would talk about The Water Institute and its work. Before I left for the office, I got a text from News Services that said, ‘please call. urgent’. [...]
October 8, 2012 – 2:44 pm
On October 7, 2012, I was honored to make some remarks at a gathering to remember and honor Doris Betts, beloved writer, teacher and public servant. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Thank you, Bland (Simpson), for allowing me to be with you today. Today is an important celebration. I’m pleased to be able to welcome you all on behalf [...]
April 25, 2012 – 11:16 am
When the history of the university of the last few years is written, April 24, 2012 will be an important date. Whenever a sitting president of the United States visits a college campus, it is an important day in the university’s history. The visits of Jack Kennedy, Bill Clinton, James K. Polk and others [...]