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A worrisome trend for #highered: presidential term length is decreasing from an average of 8.5 years in '06 to 5.9 years in '22 via American Council on Education. When we think about really transformative presidents like Freeman Hrabowski and Michael Crow, they were/are at it for a while! Full report is here: https://ow.ly/Ahv150PqYza

Get to Know Dean Wen Mao, PhD, the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business Wen Mao, PhD, was appointed the new Helen and William O’Toole Dean of VSB at the beginning of this academic year after a rigorous national search by a committee of faculty, administrators, students and alumni. Learn more about her commitment to VSB, her leadership and her vision for our future.

See our new research, funded by the Stuart Foundation: Beyond Teacher Leadership: The Role of Teachers as Learners, Innovators, and Designers for Whole Child Education. In our case study we reveal how two innovative school districts, Surrey Schools (BC) and Anaheim Union High School District (CA), have advanced a system of leading teachers needed for schools of today and tomorrow. (Our policy brief which summarizes major findings and points to what policy leaders can do to support teachers as innovators and designers.) 

Thoughts for the mental health of all of those impacted in this incident. I look forward to several upcoming conversations on Recovery Advocate Network's Coffee and Conversation Podcast dealing with mental health and well-being in the university setting. If you need support, please contact the support network around you!! #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #ran2wellness

🍋🍋🍋⚙️⚙️⚙️🔝🎨🎨🎨✍️✍️✍️🪄 “Albert Einstein on Science and Religion 💡 Does there truly exist an insuperable contradiction between religion and science? Can religion be superseded by science? The answers to these questions have, for centuries, given rise to considerable dispute and, indeed, bitter fighting. Yet, in my own mind there can be no doubt that in both cases a dispassionate consideration can only lead to a negative answer. What complicates the solution, however, is the fact that while most people readily agree on what is meant by "science," they are likely to differ on the meaning of "religion. Science, in the immediate, produces knowledge and, indirectly, means of action. It leads to methodical action if definite goals are set up in advance. For the function of setting up goals and passing statements of value transcends its domain. While it is true that science, to the extent of its grasp of causative connections, may reach important conclusions as to the compatibility and incompatibility of goals and evaluations, the independent and fundamental definitions regarding goals and values remain beyond science's reach. As regards religion, on the other hand, one is generally agreed that it deals with goals and evaluations and, in general, with the emotional foundation of human thinking and acting, as far as these are not predetermined by the inalterable hereditary disposition of the human species. Religion is concerned with man's attitude toward nature at large, with the establishing of ideals for the individual and communal life, and with mutual human relationship. These ideals religion attempts to attain by exerting an educational influence on tradition and through the development and promulgation of certain easily accessible thoughts and narratives (epics and myths) which are apt to influence evaluation and action along the lines of the accepted ideals. as mentioned in Religion and Science: Irreconcilable? (1948) and republished in Ideas and Opinions (1954) “

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Recognizing exceptional commitment, innovation, and effectiveness in education, the PPSTA aims to celebrate educators who excel in instructional competence, leadership, community involvement, and student impact. | READ: https://loom.ly/Kq5HgK0

The American Conservatism and Governing Fellowship brings together mid-career public-service professionals to study the principles of American conservatism and deepen their thinking about its application to the work of governing. Learn more about the fellowship: https://bit.ly/3PAosH1

Attention UMD Engineering Alumni: Call for nominations is now open for the Early Career Distinguished Alumni Society. Both self nominations and peer nominations are encouraged! The Early Career Distinguished Alumni Society recognizes engineering alumni under 40 years old for their leadership, innovation, service or entrepreneurship: Leadership: Rapidly advancing individuals in complex organizations with national or international impact; Innovation: Explores cutting edge research or has developed technology that will improve society; Service: Dedicated to advancing the community and/or the future of the field of engineering; Entrepreneurship: Founded a company or commercialized a product or service with demonstrated market success Deadlines approaching soon so check it out!