Articles, Speeches, and Convocations


Earlham College: Purpose and Passion - And Generosity: Campaign Kick Off Speech, October 17, 2008

Wayne County by the Numbers: Forum Presentation, September 18, 2008

Recommitting to Quality and Access: Financing the Next Surge of Opportunity in the United States: Remarks delivered to the Consumer Bankers association, February 27, 2008.

A New Approach To Public Disclosure: Materials Delivered to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, December 5, 2007

The Way Forward On College Rankings: Remarks Delivered to the Annapolis Group, June 20, 2007

Varieties of Religious Experience in Public: Convocation, August 31, 2006

Race Presentation to the Board of Trustees: February 10, 2006

What Makes an Earlham? Our Values and Our Value:
Convocation, January 18 2006

What Can a Pacifist Say, Today?
Convocation, January 19, 2005

Perspectives on War and its Aftermath
: Opening Remarks at Convocation, April 2, 2003

Race Matters at Earlham: Convocation, September 5, 2001

Assessing Quality in Higher Education:
from Liberal Education - February 2001

The Idea of a Quaker College
: Convocation, August 30, 2000

Earlham and Educational Reform
: Convocation, September 1, 1999

Some Elements of Transformation
: Convocation, September 2, 1998

Earlham as a Crossroads Community
: Inaugural Speech, March 1998