Republished from newsroom.drury.edu In an effort to better get to know Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd following a confidential search process, we asked several members of the search committee to discuss how and why they chose the school’s next leader. We will hear directly from Dr. Cloyd himself in future installments. How did Dr. Cloyd come …
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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 …
Continue reading The Leadership Ethic of Pontius Pilate – Expediency and Utility
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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Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd 