The summer presidential election serge is over and some of the GOP candidates have made great headway particularly since the debate on September 16, 2015. In the September 28, 2015 NBC/Wall Street Journal latest polls there is a great deal to reflect upon. That poll predicts that in the general election Donald Trump would lose …
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Malcolm Gladwell in Blink says that most who study such things agree that to be an expert or rather a world class expert takes about 10,000 hours of practice. His examples? The Beatles, Bill Gates and others such types. Others say (Morgan W. McCall, Jr.) that the number of years of experience does not predict …
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I was once asked to be on a panel with Bishop Janice Huie to discuss the place of religion and spirituality in higher education and particularly liberal arts education and colleges. I was honored and nervous. As a college president I had ideas, but I am not a biblical scholar or expert like her. Fortunately …
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My class is studying irregular warfare and we have begun reading Thomas Rid and Marc Hecker's book War 2.0: Irregular Warfare in the Information Age. I also highly recommend James Der Derian's work. Particularly his book Virtuous Wars and his essay collection Critical Practices in International Theory. Professor Der Derian is the Director of the …
A physics and philosophy of the mind football question: I am sure you have heard that the New England Patriots have been found to have deflated the footballs in the game Sunday -by some reports 2 pounds of air pressure - to throw off the Colts and to give the Patriots the edge in winning …
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In Leading Change: How Boards and Presidents Build Exceptional Academic Institutions, Hendrix College is one of 18 institutions profiled by author Terrence Mactaggart. Here's a couple excerpts: On September 11, the Hendrix board was interviewing new presidential candidates. It selected J. Timothy Cloyd, then vice president for development and college relations, who held a doctorate in political …
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By President J. Timothy Cloyd Jan. 31, 2001 Note: These speeches have been digitized from print documents. During this process, formatting and other errors sometimes occur. I am correcting mistakes as I see them, but be aware that these speeches may still contain unintentional errors. I also give special thanks to Helen Plotkin for her …
By J. Timothy Cloyd Note: These speeches have been digitized from print documents. During this process, formatting and other errors sometimes occur. I am correcting mistakes as I see them, but be aware that these speeches may still contain unintentional errors. I also give special thanks to Helen Plotkin for her help editing and researching …
By J Timothy Cloyd, President Note: These speeches have been digitized from print documents. During this process, formatting and other errors sometimes occur. I am correcting mistakes as I see them, but be aware that these speeches may still contain unintentional errors. I also give special thanks to Helen Plotkin for her help editing and …
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Delivered at Hendrix Board Meeting February 13, 2009 “Be Fearless in this Life, You Cannot Take it with You” By J. Timothy Cloyd, PhD President, Hendrix College 2001-2013 Note: These speeches have been digitized from print documents. During this process, formatting and other errors sometimes occur. I am correcting mistakes as I see them, but …
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Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd 