by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities
Linda Katehi, UC Davis 2016 Change has typically come so slowly to higher education that someeducators have been known to tell a joke about a man, similar toRip Van Winkle in the classic Washington Irving short story by the same name, who woke up after being asleep...
by LW | Jan 1, 2014 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions
Linda Katehi, UC Davis 2014 The American Land-Grant University was established in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act into law. Setting aside federal land in the individual states for public universities, the idea behind the Act was to make...
by GK | Jan 1, 2012 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Linda Katehi, UC Davis 2012 Sustainability — as we use the term in our classrooms, capitals and marketplaces — has evolved and taken on an almost mythical quality. The word is ripe with meaning, yet not well defined, and actions in the name of sustainability are...
