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Speeches and Publications
President William G. Durden '71 leads by example in his national role in higher-education policy on issues that matter to the public. He continually draws attention to important topics in higher education through his opinion pieces, international and national media interviews and speaking engagements throughout the United States and abroad.
2011
Addresses and Remarks
Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor
"I May Not Have the Right Bumper Sticker, But I'm Still Patriotic," Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 11, 2011
"Helping Students Govern Themselves," Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 31, 2011
"Educating Our Way Out of the Recession," Baltimore Sun, Sept. 26, 2011
2010
Addresses and Remarks
Remarks, Dual Degree Reception, Oct. 30, 2010
"The Dickinson Advantage," Fall Open House, Oct. 11, 2010
Opening remarks, Charting the Path for a Sustainable Dickinson summit, April 16, 2010
Address to the Dickinson community, Town Meeting, Jan. 22, 2010
2009
Addresses and Remarks
Address to incoming students, Convocation, Aug. 30, 2009
Keynote address, Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools educators conference, Cairo, Egypt, April 4, 2009
"What It Means to Be a Dickinsonian," Alumni Weekend, June 13, 2009
"Higher Education Must Help Shape the Next Generation of Public-Service Learders," 46th Annual Public Affairs Symposium, Feb. 23, 2009
Campus Communications
Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor
2008
Addresses and Remarks
Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor
"Let Us Disarm!" Inside Higher Education, Dec. 11, 2008
Letter to the editor in response to New York Times article "Colleges, Alcohol Abuse and the Legal Drinking Age," Sept. 24, 2008
"The Age-21 Law Isn't Working; It's Time to Debate the Issue of Abusive Drinking," Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 27, 2008
"Discounting Our Way to Affordability?" Inside Higher Education, Feb. 5, 2008
"When Harvard, Yale Cut Tuition, Students Elsewhere Pay the Price," USA Today, Jan. 18, 2008
2007
Addresses and Remarks
Media Coverage
Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor
2006
Addresses and Remarks
Keynote address, Association of American Schools in South America, Oct. 19, 2006
Convocation address, Aug. 27, 2006
Opening remarks, Alumni Weekend, June 10, 2006
Commencement remarks, May 21, 2006
Remarks, Rector Science Complex groundbreaking, May 5, 2006
Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor
2005
Addresses and Remarks
Installation Remarks, The Brian C. Pohanka '77 Chair in American Civil War History, Oct. 21, 2005
Remarks, Tocqueville Award dinner, Oct. 6, 2005
Convocation address, Aug. 28, 2005
Remarks, Sign-in ceremony, Aug. 25, 2005
Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor, New York Times, Oct. 26, 2005
Letter to the Editor, Weekly Standard, Oct. 17, 2005
"Complaints about Corporatization in Academe Are Overstated and Polemical," Trusteeship magazine, October 2005
The Year of Languages, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, July 2005
Op-ed on freedom of speech on college campuses, Harrisburg Sunday Patriot, March 13, 2005
2004
Addresses and Remarks
Keynote address, EARCOS 2004, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nov. 2, 2004
Remarks to board of governors, Dickinson School of Law, Oct. 15, 2004
Convocation address, Aug. 29, 2004
Introductory remarks, 41st annual Public Affairs Symposium, Feb. 15, 2004
2003
Addresses and Remarks
Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor