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December 2006
In a new addition to Inside CMC, the College's research centers and institutes report updates and activities as they occur. (Contributions reflect content provided at the date of publication):
The Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights
The Center successfully completed its hosting of Lessons and Legacies IX, a major international conference on the Holocaust held on campus Nov. 2-5. More than 200 Holocaust and genocide scholars convened on campus for panels, roundtable discussions, and workshops with leading scholars.
John K. Roth, the Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy and director of the Center, will retire at the end of this calendar year. Center-related stories are featured in the fall 2006 issue of CMC online, claremontmckenna.edu/news/cmcmagazine/2006fall/.
The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies
The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies sponsored a series of lunchtime Athenaeum discussions on international affairs as part of its fall 2006 event series, including:
- U.K. Foreign Policy: At the Crossroads of International Affairs, by David Wild, the British Deputy Consul General of Los Angeles.
- A Changing Germany in a Changing World, by Christian Stocks, German Consul General, Los Angeles.
- Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism in the Los Angeles Area, by Maurice Suh, former deputy mayor of homeland security and public safety, Los Angeles.
Students Laura Shunk '07 and Alexis D'Agostino '08 represented the Center at the Student Conference on United States Affairs in November, joining more than 250 students from around the world to discuss major issues and formulate proposals for American foreign policy.
The Center also co-sponsored the Nov. 7 Athenaeum presentation by Regan Ralph, executive director of the Fund for Global Human Rights, on Human Rights: The Agenda for the 21st Century.
The Lowe Institute of Political Economy
Staffers report that research and educational programs have been extremely productive this semester, with the Center's 16 student research assistants working on such topics as "off-shoring," fiscal indiscipline, trade imbalances, and global financial stability.
Staff also have produced several papers and publications this fall, including:
- Lowe Institute director Sven W. Arndt's working paper, Regional Currency Arrangements in North America, published in International Economics and Economic Policy (Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, publishers). A copy of the paper can be found at: http://lowe.claremontmckenna.edu/pdf/WP06-01.pdf.
- Arndt's presentation of his paper, Cross-Border Production Networks and the Open Economy, at a workshop in Singapore, in conjunction with the Sept. 14-15 annual meetings of The World Bank and International Monetary Fund. A copy of his paper can be found online at: http://lowe.claremontmckenna.edu/pdf/WP05-01.pdf.
- Arndt's essay, Fragmentation, is forthcoming in the International Finance part of the Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy.
Arndt also was invited to speak at Brookside Country Club in Pasadena on Oct. 21, where he discussed The United States in a Changing Global Economy.
The Henry Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the World
The Center hosted a two-day conference in October that focused on Leo Strauss and his impact in the political realm. Featured were lectures by William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, and Professor Harry Jaffa, distinguished fellow at the Claremont Institute and professor emeritus of government at CMC and the Claremont Graduate School.
The Kravis Leadership Institute
A new volume, The Practice of Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders, edited by KLI Research Professor Jay Conger and KLI Director Ronald E. Riggio, has been published by Jossey Bass. The Practice of Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders includes contributions from top scholars who outline the best leadership practices for the benefit of the practicing leader. Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California describes it as, "simply the best single resource of readings, ideas, and practices on leadership by the best group of experts you'll ever find in one volume."
The Kravis Leadership Institute showed a strong presence at the international leadership association meetings in Chicago, Nov. 1-5. KLI director Ronald Riggio discussed The Keck Initiative on Leadership and the Liberal Arts as well as Transformational Leadership Development. Senior research associate Barbara Ascher presented The Realistic Application of Transformational or Authentic Leadership Theories to the Workplace as well as Perennial Issues in Leadership: Antecedents to Current Leadership Theories. Postdoctoral Fellow Rebecca Reichard presented The Development of Global Mindset in Undergraduate Leadership Development Education.
Kravis research professor Jay Conger took his class to visit and discuss leadership methods with the founder and artistic director of Inner City Arts and the CEO, president, and senior design leader at Mattel.
CMC students in KLI associate director Susan Murphy's mentoring class shared dinner with their mentees from El Robles Middle School at Collins Dining Hall. The mentees brought their family members for a meaningful visit to campus. They were joined by Murphy and KLI Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Becky Reichard.
KLI paired with professor Marc Massoud and the accounting group of the department of economics to sponsor the visit of WorldCom "whistle-blower" Cynthia Cooper to the Athenaeum on Nov. 9.
KLI supported the UNOVA President's Leaders Forum visit of Roy Prosterman to campus. Prosterman is the recipient of the inaugural Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership for 2006.
The date for the presentation of the second Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership was announced: March 29, 2007.
Postdoctoral Fellow Rebecca Reichard and a group of KLI students have been overseeing data collection for the Undergraduate Leadership Education (ULE) study. The purpose of this study is to provide a basis for the longitudinal evaluation of the effectiveness of the Kravis Leadership Institute and the leadership sequence. The core issue in this study is to determine if and how undergraduate leadership education impacts the development of leadership capabilities in later life. To test this question experimentally, baseline data is being collected in the form of an on-line survey of CMC Freshman and Applicants. More than 43 percent of freshmen participated in fall 2006 and were given a gift certificate for 21 Choices Frozen Yogurt, as well as a chance to win the grand prize of free Netflix for a year.
In the future, criterion data will be collected as students become alumni. Then, we will be able to assess the impact of ULE on important leadership outcomes. This effort will become an annual process leading to an ongoing, growing database to help us gain an understanding of how leadership is acquired and developed, as well as suggesting "best practices" for undergraduate leadership education.
Capabilities of the Consummate Networker, an article by KLI Research Professor Jay Conger, has been accepted by Organizational Dynamics. It will appear in Vol. 36, No. 1, in early spring 2007.
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