Inside Higher Ed: "Whereas other U.S. universities have established overseas branch campuses bankrolled by oil-rich nations -- initiatives inspired in part by promises of profit -- Bard has gone to places where resources are scarce but problems are plentiful. Bard’s signature international initiative has been to establish dual degree programs in countries that are post-Communist, post-conflict or -- as in the case of its partnership with Al-Quds University, a Palestinian institution in East Jerusalem -- at the crossroads of continuing conflict."

"In recognition that schools need to provide professional and personal counselling services, as part of the Bhutanese education curriculum, the education ministry will begin placing full time counsellors in major schools starting September...the challenge to provide solid professional counselling will receive help with the royal university of Bhutan (RUB) introducing a post graduate counselling course this winter...three Naropa professors and four Bhutanese counsellors will team-teach the course."

"The ancient practice of contemplation is being explored by many institutions of higher education as a new means of enhancing liberal education...contemplative pedagogy increasingly is considered a vital complement to critical reasoning, rebalancing liberal education to include head and heart, mind and body. Students have experienced it as an aid in focusing attention, improving concentration and accessing self-knowledge. Teachers have found that it fosters their connection to students and rejuvenates their creative engagement with teaching and research. Accordingly, the Center for Teaching is exploring the benefits of contemplative pedagogy, and other holistic means of teaching and learning, in a 'Contemplative Pedagogy Working Group' that meets monthly."

"After chronicling my thoughts, feelings, ideas, and experiences throughout the thesis process on this blog (formerly entitled Rites of a Thesis), it seemed odd to me to simply let the blog go just because I had turned in my thesis and graduated. I don't want to merely 'shelve' my thesis nor do I want all that I got from my time at Naropa to lie dormant. I want my thesis to continue to live and breathe and become, and I would like all the teachings and experiences I had during my time at Naropa to do the same. So I am keeping the blog (changing the title), and am commiting to myself to (w)rite on as I journey forward."

"Naropa University" at Voobys.