David Eberhardt

Facing up to facebook

Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, and dozens of other online social networks are substantially changing the way students interact with others. For good, or ill, its time that colleges and universities learn to effectively deal with the impact.

The Facebook/Myspace Era: A Help or Hindrance to College Students and Administrators?

Web-based programs including Facebook have resulted in providing incoming students with the means to make strong early connections but this new technoglogy can also create headaches for student affairs professionals.

Do Universities Need to Do More to Prepare Graduate Students for Ethical Challenges

Too many institutions appear to assume that graduate students enter their advanced studies fully prepared to think and act ethically amid dilemmas and challenges they may not have encountered previously.

Creating and Assessing Student Spirituality Initiatives in Higher Education

Questions relating to spirituality and college student development were explored during the pre-conference workshop at the 2006 Institute on College Student Values in Tallahassee, Florida, February 2-4.

Athletic Reform is Key to Character Development: An Interview with Chancellor Gordon Gee of Vanderbilt University

Chancellor Gordon Gee of Vanderbilt University emphasizes the essential role that coaches play in character development in this interview with JCCs David Eberhardt. Gee stresses that coaches must first live by the standards that they set for their studentathletes in guiding their moral decisions.

How Does Ethics Fit in Difficult Decisions in Grim Economic Times

Budget crises can provide opportunities to model strong ethics and ideals and can also be viewed as educational and nurturing moments for teaching students how to handle one of life’s most difficult situations.Budget crises can provide opportunities to model strong ethics and ideals and can also be viewed as educational and nurturing moments for teaching students how to handle one of life’s most difficult situations.

The Parameters of Advising Student Organizations During Protests

When student protests occur, whether small or grand in scale, they raise a number of important issues for campus officials to consider.

How) Can We Be Political in Our Work in Higher Education

As students return and our campuses again become lively with political activity, situations are certain to develop that raise questions about how professionals in a collegiate environment interact appropriately with students around political issues.As students return and our campuses again become lively with political activity, situations are certain to develop that raise questions about how professionals in a collegiate environment interact appropriately with students around political issues.

Ethical Issues on Campus: How Should Campuses Respond to Student Free Speech?

While news reports from today’s college and university campuses do not announce widespread sitins at administration buildings or large-scale demonstrations, student activism regarding numerous political and social causes remains evident in diverse forms.

When Institutional Policies Conflict with Personal Values

The personal values and beliefs of leaders in higher education help to guide decision-making and behavior and sometimes conflict with institutional priorities and obligations.