Colleges should shoot for balance in academics and athletics
April 16th, 2011by Jane S. Shropshire
Lexington, KY – Across Kentucky, people were excited and proud to see our hometown team in the Final Four. It’s no stretch to say that in the absence of professional sports teams, our region has elevated the Cats to pro status; we watch their every move and cheer their successes. Has the state of NCAA Division I athletics, which has commercialized college sports to such an extreme, led us to this? Are the Cats, like their peer teams across Division I, a college team or not?
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Connecting the dots in eastern Kentucky
March 3rd, 2011Lexington, KY – Have you ever attended a professional development event, returned to your office filled with energy and good ideas and wondered, weeks later, what became of the positive momentum? Now imagine that you’re a school teacher, principal or superintendent. Day after day, you’re responsible for a whole classroom, school or district filled with kids. You want to improve learning outcomes, but it’s hard to know how to work in changes.
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Building bonds with Lexington
October 21st, 2010Lexington, KY – Dr. R. Owen Williams has taken the reins at Transylvania University, bringing a personal history with investment banking, philanthropy, academia (think Dartmouth, Cambridge, Yale), and other countries and cultures. Business Lexington columnist Jane Shropshire talked with him about his plans as he settled into the president’s office.
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Building bonds with Lexington
September 8th, 2010Lexington, KY – Dr. R. Owen Williams has taken the reins at Transylvania University, bringing a personal history with investment banking, philanthropy, academia (think Dartmouth, Cambridge, Yale), and other countries and cultures. Business Lexington columnist Jane Shropshire talked with him about his plans as he settled into the president’s office.
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