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Washington and higher education

I’ve been spending some time reading about how the Founding Fathers of the United States thought about higher education   (one interesting perspective on this […]

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#justdivein (or why I use social media)

I was invited by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities to write about why and how I use social media in my role […]

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Empathy, the glue that holds a business together

What a treat it was to be able to spend time this week with Bill Drayton (Ashoka), Carly Fiorina (ex HP) and Julie Rogers (Meyer […]

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Global Competitiveness Requires World-Class Research Universities

It’s common knowledge that the U.S. has the best research universities in the world.  And the numbers seem to support this claim: according to a […]

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Freedom & Learning Forum

  Since I arrived to George Mason University last summer, I was inspired by the University’s motto.  Our motto, “Freedom and Learning,” connects our academic […]