After only seventeen months as dean of students, I do not pretend to have all of the solutions to the issues that come up with student life. But the following eight rules are quite clear to me. Continue Reading »
The seventies and beyond marked a shift in the meaning of youth. People wanted to stay young far beyond the traditional age, and “the young were taking longer to grow up.” Continue Reading »
At first glance, Hardwired to Connect, the recent report from the Commission on Children at Risk, a group of thirty-three children’s doctors, research scientists, and youth services professionals, might be viewed as yet another harbinger of social decay. The report, jointly sponsored by the . . . . Continue Reading »