Dear Members of the CMC Community, As we approach our 75th anniversary in 2021, we look to our guiding values, core beliefs, and mission as the inspiration and bulwark of our leadership-focused liberal arts education. C…
There’s a secret to getting promotions and moving up to executive levels within an organization. Jay Conger, CMC’s Henry R. Kravis Research Chair in Leadership Studies, is in on this secret. As one of the world’s foremo…
Dear Friends: Nearly four years ago, the Board of Trustees endorsed The Student Imperative, with the initial goal of raising $100m in financial aid and scholarships. We raised the initial set of commitments within a two…
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https://www.cmc.edu/magazine/winter-2017/first-class-giftPeople say we are having a “moment” for women’s testimony. But listening is the labor of generations, not seconds. Although public violence is often preceded by attacks or murders in the home, private crimes continue to…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/first-responders-women-as-witnesses-to-mass-violenceWatching the news, it seems like ethnic divides are ever-deepening. But how can we solve these complicated problems when each side lives in fear of the other? The answer is evident, argues Syrian-American poet Amal Kass…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/spoken-word-with-slam-poet-amal-kassirFrom the travel ban to the Colorado baker, from location data to the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, among many others, the Supreme Court’s 2017-18 docket is loaded with pivotal cases concerning national security, religi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/cases-and-controversies-pivotal-legal-questions-of-our-timesIn the history of U.S. foreign policy, no relationship has been more dysfunctional than the one with nearby Cuba. Lars Schoultz, professor emeritus of political science at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/closest-of-enemies-united-states-and-cubaDuring the campaign, President Trump described U.S. foreign policy as “a complete and total disaster.” (Indeed, when Bernie Sanders made similar complaints from the left, many Americans nodded their heads in agreement,…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/where-is-us-foreign-policy-headed