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Dr. Jacquelyn Belcher and Dr. Martha Nesbitt.
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Dr. Martha Nesbitt and Dr. Jacqueline Belcher from Dekalb Community College in Atlanta, who have been working with the FCCJ Women and Minority Leadership Program, discuss the need for leadership and mentorship programs in business, with a focus on how networking has become an essential part of business. They also discuss studies that have shown that mentorship programs within an institution provide a more productive workforce as well as stronger internal promotion.
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1995
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Dr.JacquelynBelcherandDr.MarthaNesbitt
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Dr. James Fraser.
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Dr. James Fraser, Professor of History and Education and Dean of the School of Education at Northeastern University, discusses and offers criticisms of the current methods of teacher preparation and urban education in the United States. NOTE: At conclusion of Worth Quoting episode at 23:49, video cuts to classroom session with Dr. Fraser discussing his time in Jacksonville and at Northeastern with FCCJ faculty and staff.
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2004
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Worth_Quoting_Dr_James_Fraser, fscj:13493
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Dr. Joseph Kett.
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Professor Joseph Kett, Chairman of the Department of History at the University of Virginia, discusses his work on The Cultural Literacy Dictionary, which he co-authored with fellow professors James Trefil and E.D. Hirsch, Jr. The Dictionary aims to help the average American understand terminology that those in the field that are “culturally literate” assume are common knowledge.
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1988
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JosephFKett
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Dr. Louise S. McCants.
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Dr. Louise McCants, Director of Instructional Services at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO and author of Woman Change, argues that women must make their own choices for their own benefit.
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1987
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LouiseSMcCants
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Dr. Margaret Wheatley.
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Dr. Margaret Wheatley - author of Leadership and the New Science and president of the Berkana Institute - shares her views on how public institutions are changing and discusses how her theories could improve organizational performance in higher education.
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2001
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MargaretWheatley
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Dr. Mary Catherine Bateson.
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Dr. Mary Catherine Bateson, talks about her book Composing a Life, which discusses the lives of five inspirational women, and concludes that people need to live their lives as though they are creating it. NOTE: This video lacks the standard series intro and introduction by host, and starts several minutes into the interview.
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1990
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MaryCatherineBateson
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Dr. Nancy Schlossberg.
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Kent Campus Provost Dr. Charles Dassance interviews Dr. Nancy Schlossberg, a professor at the University of Maryland at College Park and author of Overwhelmed: Coping with Life's Up and Downs, discusses adult development and learning and coping strategies for dealing with adult transitions.
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1992
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NancySchlossberg
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Dr. Olaf Isachsen.
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Dr. Olaf Isachsen, author of Working Together: A Personality-Centered Approach to Management, discusses psychological tools that can help entrepreneurs be successful.
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1996
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Dr.OlafIsachsen
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Dr. P. Keshava Bhat and Dr. Frank Bracho - Development and Environmentalism.
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Dr. Frank Bracho, former Ambassador of Venezuela to India, and Dr. Keshava Bhat, an Indian Professor of Botany, discuss why the old style of development used in the past has failed and society is now plagued by pollution, waste and sickness. Dr. Bracho discusses his books, Redefining Wealth and Progress: New Ways to Measure Economic, Social, and Environmental Change and Toward a New Human Development Paradigm. Dr. Bhat discusses how the dynamics of nature and civilization have changed creating an environment that does not support old models of development.
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1993
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KeshavaBhatFrankBracho3
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Dr. P. Keshava Bhat and Dr. Frank Bracho - Healthcare.
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Dr. Frank Bracho, former Ambassador of Venezuela to India and bestselling author of the Venezuelan cookbook on natural foods Guide to Good Eating, and Dr. Keshava Bhat, an Indian Professor of Botany and author of The Basics of Natural Health, discuss the state of American healthcare in the 1990’s under President Bill Clinton and question the necessity of healthcare and who bears the responsibility for providing it.
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1993
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KeshavaBhatFrankBracho2
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Dr. Richard Fazzini.
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Dr. Richard Fazzini, an archaeologist and Egyptologist, discusses the Ramses II exhibit visiting Jacksonville as well as his background and experiences in his field. Assistant Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts Earl Farris joins Carol Miner to conduct the interview.
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1988
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Worth_Quoting_Dr_Richard_Fazzini, fscj:13492
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Dr. Rushworth Kidder.
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Dr. Rushworth Kidder, a senior columnist for The Christian Science Monitor and former professor of English at Wichita State University, Kidder discusses his transition from academia to journalism and the importance of strong writing skills.
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1989
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RushworthKidder
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Eckart Wintzen.
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Eckart Wintzen and Hazel Henderson discuss the impact that businesses have on the environment and how businesses can be innovative in creating a sustainable environment. Wintzen introduces the concept of green auditing, or introducing environmental impacts as costs.
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1992
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EckartWintzen
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Elaine L. Konigsburg.
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Local author Elaine L. Konigsburg, most famous for her Newberry award winning novel From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, gives a wide-ranging talk that uses T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" as a springboard to discuss how three famous men who dared disturb the universe- Galileo, Newton, and Einstein - embody different elements of the creative process and how her own creative process works.
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1986
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Worth_Quoting_Elaine_L_Konigsburg, fscj:13499
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Elaine Marcus Starkman.
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Elaine Marcus Starkman - poet, playwright, and author of Learning to Sit in the Silence: A Journal of Caretaking - shares selections of her book and discusses spending ten years of her life as caretaker of her mother-in-law. Through her writings, Elaine reflects on this time period in her life and how she coped with the essential truths of the aging process.
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1994
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ElaineMarcusStarkman
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Elizabeth Seydel Morgan.
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Poet Elizabeth Seydel Morgan discusses how she became a poet and the influences on her work, and reads many of her original poems aloud such as Heron and All my Friends Pets are Growing Old.
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1989
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ElizabethSeydelMorgan
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Ellen Goodman.
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Ellen Goodman - author, journalist, syndicated columnist, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize - discusses the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment and argues that more work must be done for equal rights for women, particularly in the workplace. NOTE: Sound quality is low for first two minutes; audio and video are not quite aligned.
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1983
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EllenGoodman
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Fran Worden Henry.
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Fran Worden Henry, author of Toughing It Out at Harvard, discusses her experience getting her MBA from Harvard. NOTE: Intro for episode is cut off, and video starts a few seconds into introduction of guest.
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1984
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FranWordenHenry
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Hazel Henderson - Globalization.
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Author, futurist, and evolutionary economist Hazel Henderson speaks about our changing economy and the changes that she believes need to take place to reshape the global economy for sustainability at every level. NOTE: There is a secondary layer of audio barely audible in the background intermittently.
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2001
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HazelHenderson
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Hazel Henderson - Think Globally, Act Locally.
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Author, futurist, and evolutionary economist Hazel Henderson urges viewers to "think globally, act locally". In other words: to recognize how political, economic, and business actions at the local level affect the world at large.
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1990
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HazelHenderson2
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