By Sandra J. Peart, Dean and E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies and President of the Jepson Scholars Foundation
Our students’ time at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies is marked by three formal ceremonies: a beginning (Prelude), a celebration and end (Finale), and a beginning (Commencement). These latter two are exciting and bittersweet. At Prelude, I urge students
Read moreAs our students and faculty are busy completing and grading final assignments, respectively, I have been reflecting on the semester. This spring, I taught the cross-listed leadership studies/economics class Competition, Cooperation, and Choice. The course covers ground from Bernard
Read moreYesterday we celebrated with educators throughout Richmond and Virginia when Richmond Public Schools high school teacher Rodney Robinson was named the 2019 National Teacher of the Year. Only a week ago, Mr. Robinson was speaking to Jepson School of Leadership
Read moreNous sommes avec vous. Such was our predominant sentiment as we watched the horrific fire at Notre Dame Cathedral Monday. People the world over were deeply moved by the images of the burning cathedral. We experienced a deep sense of
Read moreYesterday at noon, the University of Richmond launched its first-ever giving day, UR Here. Spiders everywhere are coming together for 36 hours to give back to the University and we at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies are encouraging our
Read moreIn my seminar class at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, my students and I have been reading John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty and thinking about its relevance in our world of hyper-critical speech and online insults. Readers of these
Read moreScholars of leadership sometimes neglect a fundamentally important leadership concept—leadership of the self. Yesterday, I delivered remarks at Arizona State University on John Stuart Mill and economic freedom. I argued that, for Mill, economic freedom is less about efficiency and
Read moreTwo stories rocked the world of higher education in the past week. The first, and most widely discussed, was a cheating scandal whereby families of means paid test takers and/or coaches to have their children admitted to elite universities through
Read moreCitizens of democracies often don’t understand issues well enough to vote in a way that reflects their best interests, according to political scientist Dr. Larry Bartels. He said even the few who are well informed and politically engaged generally vote
Read moreBe clear about what a college education means and what sort of skills your students should have upon graduation. If you are, University of Chicago (UC) President Robert Zimmer argued recently at the University of Richmond, your stance towards free
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