Development Cooperation to Ensure that none be Left Behind

Masters of radiology panel discussion: encouraging and fostering mentorship--how we can ensure that no faculty member is left behind and that leaders do not fail.

149 The best way for an effective mentor– mentee relationship to be formed is by the mentee doing a gap analysis. This analysis should identify what skills the individual has versus the skills that are needed to be successful. The individual should then recruit a mentor who can help fill these gaps. This approach often results in having a series of mentors. A reasonable 4-step process is to see...

How to Ensure That It Outsourcing Delivers

Cost saving is a critical objective for most companies that use outside help for the management of their IT function. Many businesses, though, fail to realize the savings they expected. And such failures are common whether the companies use traditional outsourcing (in which IT services are shifted wholly or in part to one or more provider organizations whose compensation is based on the satisfa...

No Child Left Behind Comes to Preschool

In this article I examine recent policy initiatives related to early childhood education that can be traced either directly to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) or to the emphasis on standards and accountability that produced NCLB, including the development of standards and assessments and moving the birth date for kindergarten eligibility to require children to be older when they enter school. I als...

The Transition to Section 8 Housing: Will the Elderly Be Left Behind?

Will we allow dentistry to be left behind? Principles underlying dental education and practice.

Dr. J. Bernard “Bernie” Machen is President of the University of Florida in Gainesville. He previously served as President of the University of Utah, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan, Dean of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Associate Dean of the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, and President of the American ...