Regime Change as Opportunity: A Case for a Radically Inclusive Response

Authors

Massimo Rondolino, Carroll University

Date of this Version

2023

Document Type

Article

Citation

JNCHC: Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council (Spring/Summer 2023) 24(1): 25-31

Forum essays on "Regime change in honors"

Journal editor Ada Long, University of Alabama at Birmingham

ISBN 978-1-945001-19-2 | ISSN 1559-0151

Comments

Copyright 2023, NCHC. Used by permission

Abstract

The author proposes a radically inclusive approach to reimagining and rebuilding honors education at a time of institutional change, suggesting that when directives do not include a clear vision for academic curricula in practice and orientation (and instead focus on budgetary bottom lines and cost-maximization), honors practitioners benefit from an invaluable opportunity to exert self-determination and agency. This essay describes the effective rebuilding of an honors program by leveraging faculty experience to establish a collaborative community framed within a model of student self-governance and grounded in principles of mindful leadership, anti-cruelty mentality, and maternal thinking.