Resources
Welcome to a collection of essays by Claire Gaudiani, a leading thinker in social innovation, philanthropy, and civic engagement. Explore her profound insights that challenge and expand our understanding of the world
The Participatory Classroom
This model builds in opportunities for students to participate in teaching, evaluating, and goal-setting.
Confessions of a 35-Year-Old Middle Linebacker
Essay from the Chronical of Higher Education
A Decade of Achievement at Connecticut College
During the last decade we learned to embrace the role of planning. . .and that not only made us better at planning, it made us much better at dreaming.
Developing a Vision
A framework is given for setting the vision of new leadership during the first two years of the presidency, with time frames and tasks to engage the community in its future.
Philanthropy: Investing in America’s Freedom and Progress
Voluntary contributions advance economic growth by providing a third pot of resources to address problems and create opportunities when government money and corporate investment are not available.
Let’s Put the Word ‘Nonprofit’ Out of Business
The time is right to insist on a term that focuses on the investment, risk taking, and entrepreneurial imagination that have always been so essential to charitable groups.
Of Heart and Mind: The College and the City
The trend toward integrating learning and service is catching on at Connecticut College and on other campuses. This article originally appeared as a President’s Page in the fall 1994 issue of Connecticut College Magazine.
Literature, Service and Social Reflection – CS215
Dr. Claire Gaudiani ’66
Spring 1999 SYLLABUS
Learning To Serve, Serving To Learn
The discipline of service learning can be applied to all areas of study, and creates an environment where both faculty and students learn. Plenary address given at 15th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, November 18, 1995.
A Day in the Life – Presidents’ Public Diaries
Claire Gaudiani
Moving Downtown
The following article about the Center for Community Action and Public Policy originally appeared in the January 1997 issue of Connecticut College Magazine.