Building relationships is the essence of the community college. Higher education administrators learned long ago that building rapport with businesses, state and local government, and constituents is the best way to represent the interests of the community. But that does not make it easy. Board members come and go and the shifting dynamics of…

The University of Nebraska's School at the Center works with people in rural communities who are trying to reconcile two worlds: the first representing historical tradition and the second representing future globalization. Reconciling these worlds is about renewing vows of responsibility to individuals who have gone before and who are yet to be.…

This series of three brief articles, written by the Nebraska commissioner of education, addresses schools for the future. It proceeds with two assumptions: (1) all students can learn and can learn at much higher levels than they are now doing; and (2) schools should be ready and able to teach all kids. The first article addresses, generally, the…