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FROM YOUR EDITOR, LEZLIE A. KINYON, PHD ‘06
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The good news first: beloved faculty member, Dr. Stanley
Krippner, has been selected to receive the American
Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished
Lifetime Contributions to Humanistic Psychology. An
award long overdue, in this editor’s opinion.
We are saddened to report that Saybrook lost two of its
very best this past month before publication: Drs. Arne
Collen and Jeanne Achterberg. Virtual memorials have
been posted here: http://www.saybrook.edu/forum
Drs. Achterberg and Collen were at the very heart and the
soul of what Saybrook has to offer. Dr. Jeanne Achterberg
was an activist in the utilization of alternative health care
in cancer treatment, she co-created the protocol still in use
at Kokolulu Cancer Retreats (http://cancer-retreats.org/index.
php) and brought hope to many sufferers and survivors of
this devastating disease.
Also in this issue, Alum Ken Bausch reports on the work
of the foundation he helped to found: Institute for 21st
Century Agoras at the 40th anniversary of the Club of
Rome at the Smithsonian.
As always, Saybrook alumni are busy and in the thick
of world events, making a difference: from the students
and alumni working through the Occupy Wall Street
movement, to the on-going protest of the DSM 5
and the work of the APA Presidential Task Force on
Psychological Ethics and National Security (PENS) (http://
ethicalpsychology.org/resources/PENS-listserv.php) in
creating an environment of ethical therapeutic practice,
to Amy Hanks and Priscilla Schlottman efforts in South
Africa with support to orphaned and vulnerable children.
Drs. Hanks and Schlottman send this: “By buying
fair trade coffee from Just Love Coffee, the Saybrook
community can support the Zulu Orphan Alliance and
Bhekanisizwe Center.” (http://www.saybrook.edu/forum/phs/
saybrook-alumnae-raise-funds-south-african-ngo-through-fair-
trade-coffee-sales).
References to these items can be found on the Alumni
Messenger.
Lezlie Kinyon, Ph.D., M.A. (Saybrook ‘06, ‘99)
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
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Making an effort to connect
and re-connect applies especially
with our colleagues at Saybrook,
whether faculty, staff, students,
or alumni/ae. For most of us,
Saybrook was a home away from
home for so many years, a place
where we met and convened with
like-minded individuals who
shared many of our beliefs and
world views, and who deeply
valued humanistic principles as they applied to our various
disciplines. Let’s strive to keep that connection and not be
regretful when we hear of the passing of one of our friends,
knowing we have given them our full and true, attention
and caring, at every possible opportunity.
The Alumni Association strives to help us stay connected:
through this newsletter, which features alumni
accomplishments; through the Alumni Messenger blog,
where we can share our latest endeavors; through regional
alumni events and the annual Homecoming celebration,
where alumni gather, connect, and share their stories;
through the annual APA Dinner, co-sponsored by the
Alumni Association and Stan Krippner, another place
to meet and share; through the soon to come Saybrook
Alumni Webcast Series, where alumni will be able to share
their expertise with a wider Saybrook audience and the
community at large; and more.
Stay alert to announcements in your email box about
coming Saybrook alumni events, including: A Mind-
Body Medicine series of Salons, with faculty member Dr.
Donald Moss, where prospective students can hear about
Saybrook’s MBM program and can meet current students
and alumni/ae, and where alumni can gather afterwards to
once again, connect and share their stories. Possible Salon
locations will include: Asheville, NC; Pittsburgh, PA;
Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Bethesda, MD; and more.
Also, look for announcements about the upcoming
Saybrook Alumni Homecoming in August.
In case we don’t have your email address, and so you
won’t miss any of these announcements, please send it to:
SaybrookAlumniAssociation@Saybrook.edu.
And finally, Saybrook University recently hosted a
team from WASC (Western Association of Schools and
Colleges). All indicators are that progress in many areas
here at Saybrook was viewed in a very positive light by the
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WASC team. A final report will be released by WASC in
June or July.
And for now, remember, whenever you have a chance to
attend to (or love—love is attention, a wise person once
said) a Saybrook colleague or anyone else in your life, just
do it!
All best wishes for a great spring.
Yours always,
George A. Aiken, M.A., Ph.D. (Saybrook ’01 & ’06)
Director of Alumni Relations
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IN MEMORIUM : DR ARNE COLLEN
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“Over the course of my life I
have been drawn to multiple
means of finding value in the arts,
humanities, and sciences. Strong
early influences of my mother,
an artist, poet and educator, and
my father, a physician devoted
to computers and informatics
in medicine, have been of profound consequence in provoking a
dynamic of tension, struggle, and eventual integration that has lasted
a lifetime.” Dr. Arne Collen,
http://www.arnecollen.com/autobiographical-statement/
Dr. Arne Collen has been one of the most respected and
beloved faculty members at Saybrook since he joined the
faculty in 1978 and most recently served as Director of
Research. A long -time resident of Walnut Creek, CA,
and Santa Fe, NM, Dr. Collen passed away on February
8, 2012 surrounded by his two children, John Collen and
Kristin Collen Pearson.
A prolific artist as well as a dedicated scholar, many of Dr.
Collen’s works can be viewed here: http://www.arnecollen.
com/paintings-drawings/
A lovely tribute to Dr. Collen and his life appeared in
SF Gate on Sunday, February 19, 2012: “Arne had a
gentle soul, a generous and kind spirit, and thought of
others before himself. He leaves loving family, friends,
colleagues, and students with indelible memories from
a life well lived.” Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-
bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/18/MNCOLLENAR021914.
DTL#ixzz1pUuNA9HB
Photos featured here are by
colleague, Gianfranco Minati,
Ph.D. (right in photo right - )
“I was friend of Arne since 20
plus years.We were brothers
in life. I have pictures we took
in Italy, in Milan and in my
summer house. I also have a
couple of pictures we took in
San Francisco.” Photos by Gianfranco Minati - used by
permission - all rights reserved 2012. http://www.geocities.
ws/lminati/gminati_old/index.html
Tom Greening: Arne served
Saybrook well for many years,
especially by maintaining high
research standards.
I will miss him as a colleague
and friend. I remember his
informative and celebratory
presentation of Saybrook’s
(HPI’s) history in a slide show
at a residential conference the
year I joined the faculty, 1990. Arne was also an artist. I
propose that we present an exhibit of some of his art at the
next RC.
Arne also liked poetry. Here are two for him:
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
Mary Frye
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint of snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you wake in morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the gleaming stars at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.
Beautiful as the above poem is, I wanted a
sequel to it that expresses my wish to live on in people
as well as in nature, so I wrote the following.
I’m In Everyone
Tom Greening
I am the child who yearns to grow,
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the peasant with scarce seeds to sow,
the veteran who walks with pain,
the carpenter who carved his cane.
I am the mother who sits at night
praying her child will be all right.
I am the father whose youth is gone,
who teaches his son to greet the dawn.
I am the shepherd who seeks God’s grace,
the astronaut in outer space,
the traveler trekking in foreign lands,
the pilgrim lost in desert sands,
the miner digging deep for coal,
the chanteuse singing from her soul,
those craving peace, those waging war--
I’m all of these and millions more.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die.
I am everywhere beneath the sun,
I’m in everything and everyone.
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IN MEMORIUM : JEANNE ACHTERBERG
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“My mission has always
been to bring humanity into
health care, and I have done
everything within my grasp
that would allow for this
to happen. I do believe in
modern medicine, but also in
traditional and integrative
healing. Most of all, I believe
in the power of the human
spirit and in the web we
weave with one another and with everything else on the planet.”
The world has lost one of its best citizens. A true pioneer,
alternative medicine would not have come this far without
her dedication and advocacy. Help keep her dream alive.
Jeanne Achterberg Cancer Charity. Our friend Jeanne died
on March 7, 2012 http://www.jeanneachterberg.com/
Elliot Benjamin: Jeannie served as my Saybrook
dissertation adviser for nearly two years, and remained on
my committee for my recent oral defense, in which Stanley
Krippner took over as chair due to her illness. What I got
most from Jeannie was the combination of her realness,
strength, commitment, wit, humor, and dedication. I
learned that Jeannie could be fierce in her insistence on
keeping up the standards of academic excellence, and
could also be sweet, warm, witty, and humorous in her
personal interactions with me. But most of all I will be
forever indebted to Jeannie for how she stayed with me
through the whole very challenging process of weathering
through my stubborn insistence to include my researcher-
based experiential research as a significant part of my
dissertation, as she patiently waited for me to be able
to replace a committee member on my committee who
had problems with my methodology, and then gave me
the creative suggestion of bringing in a consultant from
the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology to resolve the
difficult and challenging conflicts I was having with her
(i.e. Jeannie) about my methodology. After nearly a year
of remaining in the dissertation proposal stage, I ended up
finally getting my dissertation proposal approved, and I felt
very good about how it all got resolved--including Jeannie’s
insistent input of including semi-structured interviews
in my research along with my own experiences, much of
which I agreed to include in my Appendix. When my
dissertation was finally completed and ended up being over
400 pages, Jeannie appreciated its significance and how
much I put my heart and soul into it, and decided to not
ask me to shorten it. What she conveyed to me in the end
will always remain with me:
“Elliot! Your dissertation and I just spent the weekend
together, and it put me in a trance. Again, I am just
enthralled...I found myself much more interested in the
personal/qualitative material than anything else--so says the
hard line scientist!”
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
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Feature Editor: Jerry Kurtyka
MA ’02
PAPERS, NEWSLETTERS &
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Bob Hieronimus (Ph.D.
‘81) Releases New Edition of
Hieronimus & Co. 21st Century Radio Newsletter
Saybrook Faculty Member Dr. Louis Hoffman published a
blog on the DSM-V Controversy. It discusses the petition
that Saybrook endorsed (and is still the only University to
have endorsed).
http://www.newexistentialists.com/posts/01-26-12
Saybrook alum, Sandy Olliges, M.A. published Water Is
Life Does Congress cause dust bowls? Published on March 18,
2012 in EcoMind
http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/sandy-olliges-ma
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ecomind/201203/
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Saybrook Alumna Dr. Dana Klisanin (Ph.D. ‘03) Publishes
Results of Research on the CyberHero, The Hero and the
Internet: Exploring the Emergence of the Cyberhero Archetype.
http://mprcenter.org/mpr/index.php?option=com_content
&view=article&id=216:cyberheroes2&catid=24:socialnetw
orks&Itemid=183
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS
Body Wisdom in dialogue: rediscovering the voice of
the goddess.
Bausch, K. C. (2012).
Ongoing Emergence Press.
Body Wisdom in Dialogue is a guide book for
understanding the feelings that enable and sustain heartfelt
discussions as collective conversations, an ancient art
which has been sustained within tribal cultures. It is the
second AGORAS publication by Thomas Flanagan and
Ken Bausch, and follows last year’s book, A Democratic
Approach to Sustainable Futures. The reductionistic
tradition of Western metaphysics comes under fire, in an
honest and respectful fashion. As Western sciences evolve,
the recognized need is to once again engage complexity
through inclusive community.
Publication Date: Feb 25 2012
ISBN/EAN13: 0984526633 / 9780984526635
Page Count: 170
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 5.25” x 8”
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Related Categories: Psychology / Social Psychology
The Voice Dialog Anthology:
Explorations of the Psychology
of Selves.
Hoffman, D. (2012).
Delos, Inc.
Saybrook alumna Dr. Dassie
Hoffman (Ph.D. ‘02) edits an
anthology on voice dialogue.
Included in this anthology is the work
of twenty contributors building upon
the work of the authors - some working exclusively with
the basic teachings and others combining it with other
modalities or carrying it into entirely new fields.
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Delos, Inc. (February 14, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1565570219
ISBN-13: 978-1565570214
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
Crimson Fields: Civil War
Biography Of Captain James
Madison Treichler (2nd ed.).
Treichler, D.R. (2011). Lulu.
Saybrook alumnus Dr. Donald
R. Treichler (Ph.D. ‘06) releases
a new book that relates the story
of a young man caught up in
war of a nation divided. He and
his fellow soldiers serve through
nearly four years of combat. Twice
wounded, he rises from a Private to a Captain’s rank.
When the Union prevails, he moves west to begin a family
and create a new nation. The book is written from the
perspective and experience of a veteran, as Col. Treichler is
a former Marine Corps fighter pilot and author of several
biographies and novels in a similar genre’.
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: lulu.com (April 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1257128957
ISBN-13: 978-1257128952
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
Trafficking Death.
Kirkpatrick, H.D. (2011).
CreateSpace.
Saybrook Alumnus H.D. (De)
Kirkpatrick (Ph.D. ‘78) releases 2nd
in a series of contemporary murder
mysteries, Trafficking Death. Forensic
psychologist character, Dr. Calder
Miro, and Homicide Detective
Kenilworth Brown ride again. Following their path from
his first novel — Alienation of Affection — Kirkpatrick’s
Trafficking Death takes the reader into a suspenseful,
psychological page-turner about the international crimes
of human trafficking and human slavery. Their trail leads
them into the heartless world of a corporate psychopath.
Paperback: 330 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (December 14, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1467930865
ISBN-13: 978-1467930864
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Yanantin And Masintin In The
Andean World: Complementary
Dualism In Modern Peru.
Webb, H.S. (2012).
Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press.
Saybrook alumna Dr. Hillary
Webb (Ph.D. ‘09) releases
Yanantin and Masintin in the
Andean World: Complementary
Dualism in Modern Peru.
The book is the scholarly
and personal odyssey of Dr. Hillary S. Webb, whose
study of the indigenous Andean concept of yanantin
or “complementary opposites” through the use of the
mescaline cactus huachuma, led her to a personal and
professional transformation.
ISBN-13: 9780826350725
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 3/15/2012
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.10 (d)
Stone Child’s Mother: A Jungian
Narrative Reflection On The
Mother Archetype.
Nemetz, V.. (2012).
iUniverse.
A new release by Virginia
Nemetz, Ph.D.’02. At the time
of Creation, Sky Father united
with Earth Mother and from their
union was born Stone Child.
At birth, Stone Child knew
instinctively that it would be her
task to transform herself. To this end she stepped onto
the Spirit Path. Stone Child’s Mother is a shared quest
for wholeness, written for those who yearn to acquire the
necessary life-giving mother energy to heal.
Paperback: 158 pages
Publisher: iUniverse (January 20, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1462072941
ISBN-13: 978-1462072941
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Reviewed By Shana Garret, PhD ’09
For those who have a natural
curiosity about relationships, how
we identify our partners, why
we stay committed, or why we
leave for greener pastures, pick
up Sex at Dawn. Sex At Dawn is
a provocative and engaging work
on human sexual progression that
also has the advantage of being
a great read. When the authors
discuss topics such as relationships
and commitment, it’s refreshingly
honest and causes moments of laughing out loud when
you see your own actions come to life on the page. Such
an appreciation can be gathered simply by reading the
chapters cleverly entitled: What Darwin didn’t know
about Sex; Making a Mess of Marriage; Mating, and
Monogamy; Jealousy: A Beginner’s Guide to Coveting Thy
Neighbor’s Spouse.
The authors chose a relaxed writing style which serves
to compliment the historical examples and personal
experiences shared as descriptors of popular culture. Their
discussion of these topics remains readily accessible even
to those who are investigating this topic for the first time.
Christopher Ryan and his wife, Cacilda Jetha, take the
simple yet complex topic of human sexuality and explore
every inch of historical, cultural, and individualistic
variables that lead us as social creatures to seek some level
of intimacy and connectivity to another soul.
Sex at Dawn is not just a popular discussion of
the perspective that sexuality is a constant factor
for every species that forms some arrangement of
monogamy. Instead, Ryan and Jetha suggest that
“promiscuous impulses remain our biological baseline,
our reference point” (p. 46), and as a community and
individuals, we would be better guided in acknowledging
the possible fallacy of this belief and focus on true feelings
and inclinations.
The topics are approached in a laid-back writing style
which can be appreciated by various groups, whether
individuals who are seeking insight and knowledge
for personal pleasure or professionals seeking new and
innovative approaches to working with clients. A solid
historical perspective gives the reader an appreciation
for how humans have evolved from prehistoric times in
an effort to demonstrate an appreciation for our moral
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or social behavior today. For example, in preparation
for this review, I was travelling from the States to the
Czech Republic, so being trapped in a plane for 10 hours
would afford quality reading time. Early on in the book,
the chapter on Darwin struck a chord with me but the
summary of this chapter was captured with this quote
“Though Darwin proved to be a very loving husband and
father, these pros and cons of marriage suggest he very
seriously considered opting for the companionship of a
dog instead.” (p. 31). This book is about providing an
opportunity to start a conversation about a topic which has
traditionally been viewed as taboo: sex. It affords the reader
a safe entrance into a world of curiosity and entertainment
as it is cleverly approached with tales of truth, theoretical
context, and sharp wit.
Ryan and Jethá provide a means for closer examination
of several aspects of sexuality and also provide viewpoints
from which to better understand why we make the
choices and decisions that we do when it comes to these
relationships and encounters. Culture plays a strong role
in this book and has an impact on our belief systems
and our seeking approval from others. “Our cultures
domesticate us for obscure purposes, nurturing and
encouraging certain aspects of our behavior and tendencies
while seeking to eliminate those that might be disruptive.”
(83). It is not difficult to connect historical context to
behavioral traditions as a means of wanting and needing
to desire social acceptance over a biological instinct.
It’s the questioning of the historical influence upon the
perpetuation of continued behaviors that is an interesting
quagmire for this human condition.
Ryan and Jethá urge the reader “to seek peace with the
truths of human sexuality.” (310) They provide several
avenues for further discussion, thoughts to consider as well
as challenges to traditional beliefs. They conclude the book
with alternative ideas to consider in an effort to promote
more questions and encourage us to discuss this topic as a
society. Also, to stimulate more conversation within the
psychological professions. No one has the answers to all
our inquiries and demands about sexuality, but at least we
have some light on the topic.
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (June 29, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061707805
ISBN-13: 978-0061707803
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
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NEWS FROM CAMPUS
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Dr. Stanley Krippner
has been selected to
receive the American
Psychological
Association’s Award
for Distinguished
Lifetime
Contributions
to Humanistic
Psychology. He will be hosting May 18-20, 2012
- a weekend workshop at Esalen Institute, Big Sur,
California Finding Your Mythic Path: Understanding
Your Personal Mythology w/ Saybrook University faculty
members Steven Pritzker, PhD (http://webapp.esalen.org/
workshops/11097) (For more about Dr. Krippner and
what he is doing: http://stanleykrippner.weebly.com/)
Please Sign Up for the Alumni - Student Mentoring
Program Recently Initiated at Saybrook’s College of
Psychology and Humanistic Studies (permalink: http://
www.saybrook.edu/forum/alumni/please-sign-alumni-
student-mentoring-program-recently-initiated-saybrooks-
college-psych?src=1203email)
A Saybrook PHS Alumni-Student Mentoring Program
that was proposed by the PHS Student Association and
the PHS Alumni Association has been approved by the
College’s Dean and Associate Dean, Drs. Robert Schmitt
and Dan Hocoy.
To sign up for the program as a student, contact Student
Association leader, Pearlette Ramos pearlramos@aol.com
To sign up as an alumni mentor contact the
Director of Alumni Relations and Saybrook
Alumnus, Dr. George Aiken gaiken@saybrook.edu,
SaybrookAlumniAssociation@Saybrook.edu,
or 415-394-5968
Mentor Roles/Responsibilities
The role of the Alumni Mentor will include the following:
• Serve as coaches to assist students with getting un-stuck
(e.g., balancing competing interests, managing difficult
relationships with professors)
• Navigating communications with faculty
• Advising/getting through the essay and dissertation phase
• Serving as a clearinghouse of information (e.g., APA
writing style, editing)
• Holding the bigger-picture of the educational process
• Providing career-oriented feedback/guidance
• Helping to get dissertations published
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• Complement Saybrook’s internal advisement and
mentorship programs
The role of the Student Mentee will include the following:
• Actively engaging with the alumni mentor
• Openly communicating with their mentor in order to
seek advice, counsel, and resolution of any known issues
• Attending all scheduled appointments with the mentor
Mentors and mentees will agree to have a minimum of
4 communications (via email, in-person, phone, Skype)
during a calendar year.
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40th ANNIVERSARY
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Ken Bausch (1997)sends
this report of a Club of
Rome celebration that
occurred on March 1. Ken’s
interest is Systems Theory
and his encouragement by
Bela H Banathy led to his
dissertation and subsequent
book (The Emerging
Consensus in Social
Systems Theory). In 1992, along with systems scholar,
Aleco Christakis, Saybrook faculty Bela A. Banathy, and
other noted scholars, Dr. Bausch assisted in founding the
Institute for 21st Century Agoras.
By Ken Bausch, Ph.D. (‘04)
The Club of Rome’s 40th anniversary celebration of the
publication of The Limits too Growth held at the National
Museum of the American Indian and hosted by the
Smithsonian Institution.
The Institute for 21st Century Agoras received an
invitation from Roberto Peccei, son of Aurelio Peccei,
to attend the 40th anniversary celebration of the
publication of The Limits to Growth. We are sending a
small delegation. Roberto extended this invitation during
a cordial conversation in which Aleco and Roberto traded
stories about Aurelio. Afterward Aleco said that he kept
flashing back to discussions with Aurelio because Roberto
sounded just like his father.
Aurelio Peccei (founder of the Club of Rome) enlisted
Hasan Ozbekhan and Aleco Christakis to apply a systems
approach to the impending world meta-problem, or
problematique. Hasan and Aleco presented their work,
The Predicament of Mankind, to the inaugural meeting
of the Club of Rome in 1970. The Club rejected this
proposal in favor of an MIT proposal that lead to the 1972
publication of The Limits to Growth. For more on this
history, see Chapter One of A Democratic Approach.
The message from the stage dealt with the fragile global
situation. Discussions of issues of sustainability, resilience,
and conservation have been making their way to younger
and younger audiences in our classrooms, still And social
challenges associated with transformational change have
been elevated in the hierarchy of scholarly research. The
onstage discussions carried an undercurrent of hopeful
uncertainty.
Beyond the banners of the speakers’ platform, a dynamic
community that has been wrestling with transformational
change is increasingly discovering itself. From differing
backgrounds and fields of study, people had gathered
to join scholarship with the pragmatics of community
campaigns. The Club feels porous – for while individual
members of the Club clearly hold strong and potentially
strongly disagreeing views, the mix of some 300
participants included citizens and social activists whose
distinct campaigns are equally worthy of high praise.
From the viewpoint of the Institute for 21st Century
Agoras, the Club of Rome is seeking to be inclusive
with respect to perspectives on the way that we might
go about living together responsibly on our planet. The
undercurrent feels deep and massive. And this gives us
hope.
Working with our differences is certainly a more practical
means of building resilience than seeking to extinguish
our differences altogether. This dynamic balance is part of
the planning paradigm that Hasan Osbekhan and Aleco
Christakis brought to the table with their fellow founders
40 years ago. The tides of history have converged anew.
A schism is mending. The founding champions for social
system technology have rejoined the founding champions
for physical system technology. In the quiet rebirth that
occurred off center stage, a new seed may now begin to
take root.
Kenneth C. Bausch, PhD (Saybrook, ‘04)
ken@globalagoras.org
Institute for 21st Century Agoras
www.globalagoras.org
www.harnessingcollectivewisdom.com
www.bodywisdombook.com
http://dialogicdesignscience.wikispaces.com
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HIGHER ED WATCH
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Challenges Faced By Saybrook Alumni/ae in Higher
Education This is a monthly column addressing issues
of higher education. Let us know what you are thinking!
Enjoy.
Future Trends In Higher Education:
A Summary of the 2009 UNESCO Study
The future trends in higher education concern all of us at
Saybrook and throughout the higher education network
across the globe. There are worries about the cost of higher
education for the newly enrolled and there are concerns
about employment for the recently graduated. Add to
this the concerns for continued employment for doctoral
level professionals and job security. The future trends
have a bearing on enrollment, employment, continued
employment, wages, and the overall changing landscape of
higher education.
I reviewed the very lengthy study, The UNESCO 2009
World Conference on Higher Education. This was a
valuable resource and one, which I felt, would be useful to
summarize and share. The trends reported are for ten plus
years into the future. We are already seeing an actualization
of the trends predicted and observed in this study.
The UNESCO report defines higher education according
to the students enrolled, the professors employed, the
knowledge disseminated and produced, and by the social
role of higher education.
The world report notes a number of changes that have
taken place in higher education including the globalization
of education, the increased mobility of scholars, students,
and faculty, the diminishment of borders for both
academic programs and institutions, the impact of new
technology, and massification. The UNESCO report notes,
“higher education now sits at the crossroad of tradition
and new possibilities.”
The authors of this report believe the trends observed
in this study will continue, as the issues they found are
difficult and not easily resolved. Let’s break down the areas
of concern.
Changing Patterns of Enrollment
Since 1998 and the last UNESCO conference, enrolments
worldwide have expanded to the points of “massification.”
Enrollment in 1980 was 51,160,000 for tertiary-level
students and this number has grown to 139,395,000 in
2006. The demand for higher education is continuing
to grow. The report notes that developed countries have
achieved universal access to higher education. Variations
in certain countries and certain underserved population
sectors were noted.
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Finland were named
as having achieved universal enrolment ratios nearing
80 percent. In Europe and East Asia there is a decline
in young people as the traditional age cohort enrolling
in higher education. The demand has increased in these
nations among nontraditional populations.
Expansion has been successful, but social inequities are
seen as persisting. The socioeconomic background and
parent education level continues to influence the level of
education an individual will achieve.
The underserved are from lower socioeconomic classes,
underrepresented racial, ethnic, and religious minority
groups; older students; and the disabled.
In most countries gender inequality has been eliminated,
and the student population closely resembles the gender
percentages in the general population.
Access and completion were noted as concepts that
have changed over the past 10 years. The older model of
completion involved taking courses, sitting for exams, and
eventually obtaining a degree. The evolving model appears
to be that of using credits as “value added” to a person’s
resume or employment rank. Coursework, rather than a
degree has grown in value and is being continually defined
as to how one measures what was learned and of what
value it may be.
Diversification
Diversification in terms of financial, academic, and
vocational reasons was noted as being central to higher
education worldwide. This is a trend that will continue
to be important over the next 10 to 20 years. The private
sector is an important aspect of the changing view of
diversity. This sector is the fasting growing segment of
postsecondary education. Public institutions will not be
able to keep pace with student demand. The report noted
that while most private institutions will continue to serve
a mass clientele, some will emerge as semi elite or even
as elite research universities. Quality is and will continue
to be a major concern in higher education and for-profit
institutions. Improved technologies and new educational
providers will continue to add to diversification as a
future trend.
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Privatization and Funding
Another trend reported by UNESCO was that of public
higher education taking on the practices and characteristics
of private institutions. This will be due to a number of
influences including neoliberal attitudes, limited public
financing, increasing costs, and the need to address
expanded social expectations while building better
management systems. In short, postsecondary institutions
will need to look for additional income sources. It is
predicted that this will be achieved through sharing of
costs with students (tuition and fee increases) and through
generating other sources of income through research,
consulting, and university-industry partnerships.
As we are already aware, tuition and other fees charged
to students will continue to increase and “become more
ubiquitous worldwide.” Public institutions with policies
that included little or no tuition will increase what
students will need to pay. Increase in tuition will also
be seen even where the rates are already quite high. The
world study pointed out a concern and challenge where
fee and tuition increases were concerned. This will be that
of cost not becoming a barrier to educational access when
intellectual capacity exists but where private financial
means do not exist.
New Technologies
Technology has already impacted higher education
across the globe. We see this will email, blogs, wikis, and
the use of podcasts. Distance education has increased
at a rate not previously predicted and electronic
publication of journals and books has altered the post-
secondary experience. Academic management has also
been influenced by these new technologies and the
administrators of universities need not live or work
anywhere near their university.
Integration of new technologies will need to take place to
“close the digital-divide” that exists for developing nations
who currently lack the infrastructure and equipment to be
able to provide educational opportunities to individuals
with limited resources. If they once lacked the bricks-and-
mortar infrastructure they also currently lack and will
continue to lack the technology infrastructure.
Quality Concerns
Concern for quality in higher education will continue
to be a top priority. Over the past ten years quality-
assurance programs have implemented across the globe.
The next trend is seen as applying standard that can be
referenced internationally. National programs will need
to engender trust and mutual recognition when it comes
to quality assurance so that there is international validity.
The Bologna process was cited a guide being used in
Europe toward the sharing of standards and benchmarks
that will assist in comparing qualifications awarded in all
participating countries.
The increased international mobility of scholars and
students will help drive the impetus toward further
evaluation and comparison of qualifications earned in
different parts of the world.
The main problem is seen as how to decide on exactly
“where quality resides in higher education.”
Finding the Soul of Higher Education
The soul of higher education has historically been seen as
its societal mission and how it interfaced with the whole
of culture and society. This has changed drastically over
the last half century. Universities were seen as key cultural
institutions that added to the enlightenment of the
populace. Higher education has evolved into a commercial
enterprise and this has added pressure to its social mission
and public responsibility.
We can see how the strain of commercialization will affect
research. Will countries choose to conduct research in
areas that are localized or will they conduct research where
funding and international journals have expressed an
interest? How difficult will it be for individual countries
to ensure local needs and priorities are respected when
working with foreign sponsors and partners?
The Professionalization of Higher Education
Management and Leadership
As the evolution of higher education continues there will
be a continuing need to have professional management
and leadership able to take higher education forward in the
coming years. The older models were based on something
quite different than exists today or will exist in the next 10
to 20 years.
Think tanks, policy forums, and training programs are
emerging across the globe in an attempt to identify the
type of management and professionalism that is
necessary at this stage of educational development.
Increased data needs to be analyzed to assist in the
definition of management and this data must come from
across the globe.
So, if any of us were thinking the problem belongs only
in Arizona or California or even Texas, we may have a
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measure of comfort coming from knowing that these are
world concerns and as members of the world we can work
together providing our part toward the solutions that will
become necessary.
Thank you,
Nanette Burton Mongelluzzo
Reference: Altback, P.G., Reisberg, L. and Rumbley,
L.E. (2009)Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking
an Academic Revolution. A Report Prepared for the
UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education.
Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization.
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FINAL WORD
Photo by L. Kinyon/June 2011-all rights reserved
Saybrook Alumna and Homepage newsletter editor,
Lezlie Kinyon, was recently cited in another field! Diana
Rowan, harper, set Lezlie’s poem Calypso to music. Diana
Rowan’s site (and, her tour calendar) is at www.sirenharp.
com. This piece will be included on her next CD. From
her webpage: She splits her time between the San Francisco
Bay Area and Eastern Europe, pursuing a PhD in harp
composition at the National Academy of Music in Sofia,
Bulgaria. Diana believes strongly in the healing power of
music and plays often in hospitals and healing centers in
Northern California and beyond with Healing Muses.
www.dianarowan.com
For news about Lezlie Kinyon please www.lezlie1.
wordpress.com. “I am currently working on developing
my first poetry chapbook. I am thrilled that a musician of
Diana’s caliber would find my poetry inspiring. Calypso
is part of a larger cycle written in the 1980s as I began to
understand the power of reclaiming images of women and
the inward journey of understanding we all undertake.”
Calypso
When you have heard the siren’s
song
When you have passed the
Truth revealing Circe
The one-eyed Cyclops
When you have lost all your
companions
And angered your
God,
So that he will not look upon your face
When it has happened that you have
confronted your dead and journeyed into storm
And lost even the ship that carries you
forward.
Here you must come
At the end of the world
And
Here you must stay until
you know
Where you want to be
Who you want to be
What you really want
(inside your heart)
(and your soul)
you will come to know me
And I shall give you
Cool caverns filled with mystery
I shall give you
My body to delight in
And, I shall teach you
Here at the end of the world
When all you have gained
Has passed from your grasp
I shall teach you...
Your deaf ears
to hear music
of the waves
Your blind eyes
to see Helios’ jewels
on the water
I shall teach your
Heavy limbs
to move
to run
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To dance the Beautiful Dances
to the music of the world
Of Heart
Of Pneuma
Of Ge
Of your own Spirit
And, when your journey has finished
and you long to return
to reach your heart’s desire
I shall with my own slender hands
help
you build a raft
to carry you home.
(L. Kinyon, all rights reserved, 1983/2010)
My friend, internationally known harper, Diana Rowan as
“Calypso” - this poem is part of a longer performance cycle
entitled “The Goddess Suite”. We designed the tunica &
chalmys she is wearing together. (Photo by Kai Shuman, 2010 -
all rights reserved)
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OUR APPRECIATION
By George Aiken, Director Of Alumni Relations
Our thanks to all who have worked with and helped us in so
many ways. Although the names may change over time, we
deeply appreciate each and every one of you.
ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMBERS
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