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Colgate University N.Y. has just instituted a new noncredit program that teaches students about charitable giving, says Ellen Percy Kraly, director of the Upstate Institute and a professor. The Brennan Foundation has given the institute at Colgate $50,000 to be used over five years. A group of sophomores there is studying proposals from charities local to upstate New York to best determine how to spend this year’s allocation of $10,000. Groups of students are doing the same thing for credit at Davidson College N.C. , the University of Mary Washington Va. , the University of Virginia, and Cornell. Each of these institutions receives PHOTO BY SUNG PARK B E T W E E N the L I N E S Five Minds for the Future By Howard Gardner Harvard Business School Press; 204 p.p.; $24.95; www.hbsp.harvard.edu HOWARD GARDNER IS AT IT AGAIN. THE education professor and author’s new text, available in April, is on the five “minds” that must be cultivated if society is to successfully face the future. Gardner, famous for his work on multiple intelligences and almost two dozen books on thought and development, claims a new vision for education is needed. Lifelong learning is key to dealing with rapid advances in science and technology, an ever-developing global economy, and new social circumstances that require students and citizens to deal with people of diverse backgrounds. But the lifelong learning he’s talking about goes beyond what we have accepted as standard courses of study. It is time for advanced thinking and learning that will serve in all aspects of life. The five minds he describes are: disciplinary, a mastery of a major school of thought, such as history, mathematics, or philosophy; synthesizing, the ability to summarize diffuse ideas into a coherent whole; creating, the ability to uncover new problems, questions, and phenomena; respectful, a tolerance for differences, and a perceived value in being able to work collaboratively with different kinds of people; and ethical, a concern for society over self-interests. Education will play a part in cultivating these minds, but the family, the workplace, and places of worship will play intricate roles in helping humankind’s de- Colgate’s Professor Kraly leads a discussion. grant money from The Sunshine Lady Foundation www.sunshineladyfdn.org , a nonprofit run by Warren Buffett’s sister Doris and managed, in part, by Alex Buffett Rozek, the investor’s nephew. Professor Ken Menkhaus at Davidson led the charge, getting the foundation involved several years ago, says Rozek. “He has done a lot of work on the ‘new philanthropy,’ ” says Rozek, who observes that many “older philanthropy strategies relied only on boosterism.” —Jean Marie Angelo Give a Peekaboo Smile for the Camera WEB CAMERAS ON CAMPUS ARE USEFUL FOR security, but parents are starting to use them to combat empty nest syndrome. A web cam was originally installed at University of Redlands Calif. so alumni could virtually visit campus, but officials started receiving happy reports from parents arranging times for their student to appear. “It’s a bit strange when I see a couple of students waving at a blank wall across the plaza,” says Ron Stephany, VP of University Relations. He also admitted Parents, just checking in. to using the camera to check out how long the lunch line is. Some schools have a “Hi Mom!” setting that will automatically zoom on a specific location, but Redlands doesn’t in order to protect privacy and because there is only one camera on campus. Stephany says the cost is minimal, but points out “you can’t just put a camera anywhere, it has to be able to connect to the network.” —A.M. SOUND BITE ‘T his is a good first step to ensure more students have access to affordable higher education. —Craig Munier, chair, National Direct Student Loan Coalition, on the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to cut the interest rates in half on student loans. ‘ 14 | February 2007 universitybusiness.com Update02.indd 14 1/23/07 9:35:34 AM Warning : Unknown : The session id contains invalid characters, valid characters are only a-z, A-Z and 0-9 in Unknown on line 0 Warning : Unknown : Failed to write session data files . 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - February 2007

Contents
College Index
Company Index
Advisory Board
Editor's Note
Stats Watch
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Admissions
On The Hill
Future Shock
Facilities Focus
Independent Outlook
Flu Pandemic Prep
Advancing the Brand
The Picture’s Getting Clearer
Groundbreaking Ideas
Gotta Get a Message to You
Internet Technology
What's New
calendar of Events
Direct Connect
End Note

University Business - February 2007