Fall 2024
Truckin’ in retirement
David Longanecker left a long career in higher education for a retirement gig in a long semitruck. » More ...
Higher education
Spring 2023
The equity in equality
Rolita Flores Ezeonu seeks justice and equity in higher education. » More ...
Fall 2022
Standing on shoulders
Bennie L. Harris is the first Black chancellor at the University of South Carolina Upstate » More ...
Spring 2022
Pathways for a new education
Washington's superintendent of public instruction imagines the high school of the future » More ...
Winter 2011
All About Everett
The blue-collar Snohomish County city just 25 miles north of Seattle recently asked WSU to take over the University Center where graduates of its community college can go on to complete four-year degrees in a variety of disciplines, including engineering. Snohomish, Skagit, and Island counties have been underserved by the state's four-year programs.
» More ...Spring 2002
The liberal art of judgment
Effective judgment asks us to go beyond ourselves, beyond our assumptions, and beyond the comfort of our traditions.
With little effort, we can now garner information about any part of the globe, society, legal system, health care remedy, religious belief, scientific discovery, business product, or service almost instantly. But having all this information does not guarantee that we’ll use it effectively or wisely. That requires judgment. And the responsibility for instilling judgment lies largely with the university.
Two basic ingredients assure that our universities develop and preserve judgment: faculty committed to and supported in their efforts to seek truth and discover new knowledge, and a … » More …