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Anne Neuberger MIA ’05, ’05BUS (a Columbia | SIPA alumna!) says policy schools have an important role to play in bringing together government, the private sector, academics, and innovators – and promoting new ideas: “There's nothing like the talented student base here, bringing together practitioners at international, federal and state levels and promoting new ideas. Watch her conversation with Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo: https://lnkd.in/eys7UWcT 

All commencement speeches should impart such wisdom on the graduates to whom they are speaking.

We know teaching the events of January 6, 2021—which are not a “moment,” but the product of a long history—presents a familiar, yet unusually urgent, challenge: how can students use historical knowledge and thinking to understand recent crises? Here are some resources that might help.

This new International Journal for Academic Development article is an important read for thinking about the linkage between #educationaldevelopment's status as a profession and public trust in the field. Those working on POD Network in Higher Education's ethical guidelines project will also find it of interest. This will be part of the #Trust IJAD special issue (early 2025), with special guest stars as part of the editorial team: Rachel Forsyth, Gabriela Pleschova, Peter Felten, Kathryn Sutherland.

We know teaching the events of January 6, 2021—which are not a “moment,” but the product of a long history—presents a familiar, yet unusually urgent, challenge: how can students use historical knowledge and thinking to understand recent crises? Here are some resources that might help.

Democracies under pressure: the results are in! For the latest edition of the Berggruen Governance Index by the Berggruen Institute, our lead author Professor Helmut Anheier compared the performance of democracies and autocracies across 145 countries worldwide. The findings: Democracies are still best for delivering public goods such as security, education or civic participation. But autocratic across the world have managed to narrow the gap and are more aggressively than ever presenting themselves as an alternative model of life. The report was just presented at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Get the full results here: https://bit.ly/3wDKYJG

The Division of History and Political Science at LCU emphasizes the understanding of the past and politics through a Christian worldview and prepares students with the skills they will need to navigate the complex world of the 21st century. Our program helps students develop marketable skills such as the ability to research and gather data, analyze and draw conclusions from that data, and communicate their knowledge clearly and effectively in written and oral forms. Learn more at https://ow.ly/ZauU50RsRUN

💬'The report sets out a stark question in which we all have a stake: how can we ensure that our universities are in a stronger position in 10 years' time than they are today?' Watch Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe's opening remarks in her debate on our blueprint last week. Read more on our blueprint: https://loom.ly/k4Q7m9o

Up next from the Cobb Institute: A reading group reflecting on A. F. Pomeroy’s integrative perspective on Marx and Whitehead led by Kazi Adi Shakti! This 9-week learning circle provides a discussion-based study of Anne Fairchild Pomeroy’s text Marx and Whitehead, which systematically links Whitehead’s process-relational philosophy to Marx’s dialectical critique of political economy, identifying deep resonances between the two in order to develop a pathway for the vital integration of these two great thinkers into a more comprehensive perspective. Learn more & sign up: https://buff.ly/4eVJXO4