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The Design of Arab Universities as a Political Act<\/h2>\n

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Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Ph.D. – Associate Professor and Beamer-Schneider Chair in Philosophy at Case Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday September 17, 2010
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nCrawford Hall – Room 9
\nInamori Center
\nCase Western Reserve University
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\nWhy are universities created and supported? “Education” is too general, and perhaps too idealistic, an answer. At various times and places the dominant reasons have included, “to increase the prestige of private donors,” “economic development” “to develop a leadership class,” “to make us modern,” “because it is demanded of the government,” or, “so we can educate our youth without sending them abroad where they will develop dangerous foreign ideas and habits.” We are currently seeing a boom in development of universities particularly in the Gulf States. What is that about? Professor Bendik-Keymer taught at the University of Sharjah from 2004-2008, and will share his observations and inferences.<\/p>\n

Attention:\u00a0<\/strong>Parking options for visitors from beyond campus include the Severance Hall parking garage on East Boulevard, the small lot on Adelbert Road just uphill from Euclid Ave, and other lots on campus. Every Friday a few spaces are available for visitors with mobility concerns, in the visitors parking lot next to Crawford Hall.<\/p>\n

More About Our Guest….<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer<\/strong>\u00a0is Elmer G. Beamer and Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics and Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department. He studied with Susan Neiman as an undergrad at Yale and with Martha Nussbaum, Candace Vogler and Charles Larmore as a graduate student at University of Chicago, where he won the Booth Prize for Teaching and the Ross Trust Fellowship for World Service as well as serving as a fellow in the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion.<\/p>\n

Although having written mostly on environmental philosophy, he has a long standing interest in philosophy of education, having been a researcher at the Erikson Institute in Chicago for many years. He has written on curricular development for the World Bank and helped build the Department of International Studies at American University of Sharjah, U.A.E., the region’s first Middle States accredited school.<\/p>\n

His books include\u00a0The Ecological Life: Discovering Citizenship and a Sense of Humanity<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0Virtues of the Future: Climate Change, Restoration and the Challenge of Adapting Humanity<\/em>, being finalized with Allen Thompson and a dozen other contributors. He will teach a course on Climate Ethics in the Spring.<\/p>\n

Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 24:<\/strong>\u00a0Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research (Washington DC): The Budget Deficit Panic.<\/p>\n

October 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Ashwini Sehgal MD, Duncan Neuhauser Professor of Community Health Improvement and Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, CWRU and Metrohealth: The U.S. News and World Report Hospital Rankings.<\/p>\n

October 8:<\/strong>\u00a0Karen Gahl-Mills, Executive Director, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture: How the Arts Levy is Spent.<\/p>\n

October 15:<\/strong>\u00a0Kathryn C. Lavelle, Ellen and Dixon Long Associate Professor of World Affairs: Sovereign Debt and Sovereign Default: International Institutions in the Developed and Developing Worlds.<\/p>\n

October 22:<\/strong>\u00a0Professor Karen Beckwith, Assistant Professor Justin Buchler, and Adjunct Assistant Professor Andrew Lucker, Department of Political Science: Midterm Elections Forecast.<\/p>\n

October 29:<\/strong>\u00a0Special Inamori Center Event, as part of International Peace and War Summit: see\u00a0http:\/\/www.case.edu\/provost\/inamori\/peacesummit\/<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

November 5:<\/strong>\u00a0Kelly McMann, Associate Professor of Political Science: Unrest in Kyrgyzstan and Its Implications for the War in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

November 12<\/strong>: Max Mehlman, Professor of Law: Why We Need Death Panels.<\/p>\n

November 19:<\/strong>\u00a0Jessica Green, Assistant Professor of Political Science: Global Responses to Greenhouse Gases.<\/p>\n

December 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Paul Ernsberger, Associate Professor of Nutrition: Health At Any Size.<\/p>\n

The Friday Lunch discussions are held on the lower (ground) level of Crawford Hall. Visitors with mobility issues may find it easiest to take advantage of special arrangements we have made. On most Fridays, a few parking spaces in the V.I.P. lot in between Crawford Hall and Amasa Stone Chapel are held for participants in the lunch discussion. Overflow parking is also available in the Severance Hall parking garage on East Boulevard.<\/p>\n

Visitors then can avoid walking up the hill to the first floor of Crawford by entering the building on the ground level, through the garage area under the building. The further door on the left in that garage will be left unlocked during the period before the Friday lunch. On occasion, parking will be unavailable because of other university events.<\/p>\n

For more information about these and other Center for Policy Studies programs, please see\u00a0http:\/\/policy.case.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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September 13, 2010<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n

STATES’ UPRISING: THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF HEALTH CARE REFORM<\/h3>\n

THE HONORABLE\u00a0RICHARD CORDRAY<\/strong>\u00a0ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF OHIO AND THE HONORABLE\u00a0THOMAS FISHER<\/strong>\u00a0SOLICITOR GENERAL STATE OF INDIANA<\/p>\n

Friday September 17, 2010, 4-5:30 p.m., Moot Court Room, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 11075 East Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n

On March 23, 2010 President Barack Obama signed into law The Patient Protection and Affordability Act, which represents the first comprehensive federal health care reform in the history of the United States. The legislation focuses on expansion of coverage and aims to improve the quality of the nation’s health care system.<\/p>\n

But it is not without controversy. More than twenty states are challenging the constitutionality of the bill; Indiana is one of them. The state of Ohio supports the legislation.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Office of the President, Office of Government and Community Relations, Center for Policy Studies, and the School of Law. For more information please visit the\u00a0Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/a>\u00a0web site.<\/p>\n

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2010 Midterm Election Preview<\/h3>\n

September 24, 2010 7:30-9 p.m., Mandel Center Building, Room 115, 11402 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH<\/strong><\/p>\n

A panel discussion featuring:\u00a0Jerry Austin<\/strong>\u00a0one of America’s most experienced and most successful strategists and advisors, having operated his own marketing and political consulting firm for more than 30 years and\u00a0Mark Weaver<\/strong>\u00a0a national political communications expert with more than two decades of high-level experience, having counseled clients at the national level and in 16 states.<\/p>\n

For more information please visit the\u00a0Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/a>\u00a0web site.<\/p>\n

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The Budget Deficit:<\/strong>\u00a0How Big an Issue, and What Should Be Done About It.<\/h3>\n

September 25, 2010 12:30-2 p.m., Mandel Center Building, Room 115, 11402 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH<\/strong><\/p>\n

A panel discussion featuring:\u00a0Josh Gordon, Ph.D.<\/strong>\u00a0the Policy Director of The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to educating the public about federal budget issues and their consequences for the future and\u00a0Dean Baker, Ph.D.<\/strong>, a nationally known economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

For more information please visit the\u00a0Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/a>\u00a0web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Public Affairs Discussion Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Design of Arab Universities as a Political Act<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Ph.D. – Associate Professor and Beamer-Schneider Chair in Philosophy at Case Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday September 17, 2010
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nCrawford Hall – Room 9
\nInamori Center
\nCase Western Reserve University
\n<\/strong>
\nWhy are universities created and supported? “Education” is too general, and perhaps too idealistic, an answer. At various times and places the dominant reasons have included, “to increase the prestige of private donors,” “economic development”<\/p>\n

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