http://thelongview.tv/2008/01/11/stepping-stone-state-university/ Tradition . . . Innovation Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:45:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://thelongview.tv/2008/01/11/stepping-stone-state-university/comment-page-1/#comment-23 longt Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:40:22 +0000 http://thelongview.tv/2008/01/11/stepping-stone-state-university/#comment-23 OK, maybe I'm just being nostalgic for a time that never existed (the Age of Titans). However, my point remains: Great academic leaders are great thinkers, though not necessarily scholars in the accustomed sense. They possess a largeness of vision and a depth of perception. For instance, Robert G. Templin, Jr., president of Northern Virginia Community College. He sees in a single view the entire landscape, including the view to the horizon. OK, maybe I’m just being nostalgic for a time that never existed (the Age of Titans). However, my point remains: Great academic leaders are great thinkers, though not necessarily scholars in the accustomed sense. They possess a largeness of vision and a depth of perception. For instance, Robert G. Templin, Jr., president of Northern Virginia Community College. He sees in a single view the entire landscape, including the view to the horizon.

]]> http://thelongview.tv/2008/01/11/stepping-stone-state-university/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Charles Ford Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:38:42 +0000 http://thelongview.tv/2008/01/11/stepping-stone-state-university/#comment-22 Thank G-- that the terms of University Presidencies are getting shorter. We need not have our academic cults of personality and personal dictatorships on campus last longer than four years; they have a very short shelf life. Thank G– that the terms of University Presidencies are getting shorter. We need not have our academic cults of personality and personal dictatorships on campus last longer than four years; they have a very short shelf life.

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