Creating a College That Works, by Grace G. Roosevelt ’59
Creating a College That Works by Grace G. Roosevelt ’59 State University of New York Press, March 2015 In 1964, education activist Audrey Cohen and her colleagues developed a unique curricular structure that enables urban college students to integrate their academic studies with meaningful work in the community. Creating a College That Works chronicles Cohen’s efforts to create an innovative educational model that began with the Women’s Talent Corps, evolved into the College for Human Services, and finally became, in 2002, what is now Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) — a...
Read MoreBeyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery by Adam Rothman ’89
Beyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery by Adam Rothman ’89 Harvard University Press, February 2015 Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. Still a slave, she married and had children, who also became the property of the De Harts. But after Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862 during the American Civil War, Herera’s owners fled to Havana, taking three of her small children with them. Beyond Freedom’s Reach is the true story of one woman’s quest to...
Read MorePalm Beach Nasty by Tom Turner ’66
Palm Beach Nasty by Tom Turner ’66 Permanent Press, April 2015 Burned-out, New York homicide cop Charlie Crawford goes south to steamy Palm Beach, Florida, but after six months of pink- and green-collar crime, he’s bored out of his mind. Palm Beach has plenty of glitz, glam and hedonism, but not one murder in the last ten years. One Halloween night, Crawford is first on the scene to find a 20-year-old male swinging from a stately banyan tree. This sets in motion colliding plots involving a billionaire with a thing for young girls, a far-reaching art scam with Crawford’s girlfriend...
Read MoreThe Social Profit Handbook: The Essential Guide to Setting Goals, Assessing Outcomes, and Achieving Success for Mission-Driven Organizations by David Grant, former faculty
The Social Profit Handbook: The Essential Guide to Setting Goals, Assessing Outcomes, and Achieving Success for Mission-Driven Organizations by David Grant, former faculty Chelsea Green Publishing, Spring 2015 People working in non-profit organizations can and will lead us out of our world’s “mess,” David Grant believes, but to achieve that, they have to change the way they think about assessment — measuring their success. To begin with, David argues for a shift in vocabulary. We are familiar with organizations that create or preserve financial profit; the groups that give us...
Read MoreOut of Left Field by Liza Ketchum ’64
Out of Left Field by Liza Ketchum ’64 Untreed Reads, July 2014 The summer of 2004 is full of promise for Brandon McGinnis. He has a job, a spot on the varsity swim team, loving parents, and loyal friends. Brandon and his dad, ardent Red Sox fans, wonder: Could this be the year the Sox finally win the World Series? Then Brandon’s father dies suddenly. His will, signed just before his death, reveals a secret kept for 30 years. As shadows of the Vietnam War bleed into the escalating war in Iraq, Brandon sets out to solve the mystery his father left behind. His journey takes him to Canada’s...
Read MoreThe Big Trip: A Family Gap Year by Martha McManamy ’75
The Big Trip: A Family Gap Year by Martha McManamy ’75 Lulu Publishing, July 2014 Taking a year off from the “rat race” is an idle dream for many, but the McManamy family — including their three teenagers — decided to make it happen. The Big Trip: A Family Gap Year tells how they put high school, college and work on hold while they learned Spanish in Spain and volunteered in Bolivia, Guatemala and Kenya. Choosing home stays and local transportation over hotels and rental cars, they undertook a deeply immersive journey of“slow travel,” living simply, and experiencing life...
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