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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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September 12, 2008
7 College Presidents Discuss Role of Higher Education in Citizen Service
A national conference on citizen service that opened last night at Columbia University with a discussion by John McCain and Barack Obama features many higher-education leaders as it continues today.
Seven college presidents were scheduled to speak about such topics as the role of service in disaster response and the importance of global service: Richard H. Brodhead of Duke University, Scott S. Cowen of Tulane University, John J. DeGioia of Georgetown University, Amy Gutmann of the University of Pennsylvania, JoAnn W. Haysbert of Langston University, Gloria C. Larson of Bentley College, and Jerry Sue Thornton of Cuyahoga Community College. The event, the ServiceNation Summit, is sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
In a keynote speech this afternoon, Mr. Brodhead discussed the role of colleges and universities in encouraging students to serve. “Service isn’t a monopoly of the well educated,” he said, “but service has a special place in higher education, and I see that role growing.”
He described the recent success of DukeEngage, a wide-ranging service program that this past summer financially supported more than 360 students’ projects around the country and the world.
Ms. Larson announced a partnership between Bentley and City Year, a national youth-service organization. Students who “give a year” — the name of the program — will be eligible for scholarships, academic credit, and internship assistance from Bentley. —Sara Lipka
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A real important facet of “service” is graduating in four years, obtaining gainful employment, paying taxes, taking care of your own needs, and not demanding more and more government services paid for by the taxpayer. How about we celebrate those folks too?
— J. Ward Sep 12, 04:02 PM #
I agree, J. Ward! In Europe, you can go to college for close-to-free, get universal health care and access to reliable public transportation. Here, we have student loans (which you can never default on), no health care, unless you can pay for it, and limited transportation options. The taxes here are about the same as to Europe’s, once you figure in state, local, sales, excise, income, and payroll taxes. The poor kids who get duped into volunteering for for-profit hospitals is tragic. Seriously, you need to get a job to pay for the massive loans, health insurance and car payments.
Bentley offers credit for service, which doesn’t make it service anymore, but rather a quid pro quo arrangement.
— Tony Sep 12, 04:25 PM #
Why copy the Land -Grant Universities? They have Extension Services. Find your own comparative advantage.
— LJ Sep 15, 11:25 AM #