Hamilton College finally acknowledges Paquette's nomination to National Council on Humanities
Hamilton College finally acknowledges the nomination of one of its own to be seated on the National Council on Humanities. Here is the College’s write up found under Faculty News, not to be seen under College News
You wouldn’t know it from reading the release, but this is a first such nomination in the history of Hamilton College.
The release does not mention that Prof. Paquette is a Charter Fellow and Founder of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, Inc. which the College declined to have on campus. Nor does it mention that Prof. Paquette was denied a raise this past year.
No courtesy call prior to the release, no quote, no photo, not a peep from the President or Dean of Faculty … nothing. But someone has a sense of humor: right above Bob’s announcement is one about “An Implicit Association Test to Measure Relational Aggression: Preliminary Results and Directions for Future Research”. Relational aggression is therein defined as the deliberate attempt to harm someone through the manipulation of relationships and social status.
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The posting now appears on College News.
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http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/04/23/2/a-conversation-with-a-g-lafley
Does Hamilton's administration measure up to his stated standards?
A successful leader, says, Mr. Lafley, "treaures complaints."
Let us see what steps he takes.
"Saint Michael's College is seeking to fill a full-time, tenure-track position in the Department of Political Science in Political Theory ... A Ph.D. in political science and prior teaching experience are required ... Preference will be given to candidates who fit well within a collegial environment with an institutional commitment to social justice and community participation ... We are especially interested in candidates who could contribute to institutional interdisciplinary priorities with theories of racial, ethnic, feminist and/or environmental politics."
http://popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2035
The Popecenter piece, on the other hand, is worth checking out.
“You see some of these selective liberal arts colleges building new physical education facilities with these huge sheets of glass and these coffee and juice bars, and charging students $40,000 a year, and you have to ask, does this contribute to the public good, or is it just a way for the college to keep up with the Joneses?” Mr. Shinn said. “We are a tax-exempt institution, so I think the public has a right to demand that our educational mission be at the heart of all of our expenditures.”
All the rest (for the most part), this author included, hide behind a curtain of anonymity and cutesy author names.