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
A Sense of Duty Takes Shape During Dinnertime Discussions
New York Times Article by Kari Haskell, Jan. 6, 2008
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.
Educating for International Management: The Joseph H. Lauder Institute
Essay from Foreign Languages and International Trade: A Global Perspective
Wisdom as Capital in Prosperous Communities
Claire’s Essay from The Drucker Foundation: The Community of the Future
Doing Justice
Leaders have to approach social justice with the same rigor they bring to business.
Case Study: New London Development Corporation
Prepared for The American Assembly by Peggy Cosgrove
President & Planner
When the head of a small liberal arts college takes on the job of leading a major urban renewal project, sparks fly and an important question is raised: Shouldn’t more college presidents be like Claire Gaudiani?
Of Cheese and Choices
Claire’s personal reflection on the Italian American experience
Women Saints the Church Needs to Guide Those Who Want to Repair the World
DeGoubeau Lecture, January 30, 2003
St. Thomas More Catholic Center, Yale University
Vision, Lemon Spritzers, and Saying Thank You: A New Job Description for College Presidents
This paper was prepared for discussion with the Connecticut College trustees in 1992.
The Synergies of Service
The demands that internal and external constituencies place on higher education and our moral commitment to educate for the good of others make this an excellent time to expand volunteer service. This article first appeared in the newsletter of Campus Compact.
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.
Of Heart and Mind: External Forces in Higher Education
A letter to the college at the start of the 1994 academic year outlining external forces bearing down on higher education, and a vision for confronting them.
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
What Will You Do With What You Know?
Loomis Chaffee School Address, June 4, 1999
Testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Statement of Dr. Claire L. Gaudiani President of Connecticut College To the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Delivered February 9, 2000 Thank you
The Problem of the 21st Century
Acceptance Speech Upon Election to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, October 2, 1999
Our Ailing Civil Society
A National Commission on American Civil Society should be created to foster discussion and study of American civic virtues. This article originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the April 3, 1996 edition of The Boston Globe.
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.
Philanthropy: A Lifetime Commitment
This presentation was delivered to the HSBC Private Banking and Investments Forum in New York on October 28, 1998.