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Fellow authors will appreciate and, I hope, join us in this bit of joy in a horrific time. Jody Greene and I have had a second great “blurb” for Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times.”

For those who aren’t authors, the “blurbs” are the first time you hear from people who have only seen the book as a final product, not in process, and who are willing to put their own names and reputations on an assessment of your work, designed to encourage others to read. In this case, two people I admire tremendously have responded generously , and, more importantly, they understand our goal, mission, motivation, and intended audience for our book. Their praise is humbly and gratefully received.

“Many faculty are feeling under attack, vulnerable, overwhelmed and demoralized. This book is the antidote, aimed at empowering faculty for leadership and guiding the positive change that is needed to maintain higher education as a public good. The authors make positive change seem possible by documenting places where it is happening, showing a third way to lead.” —Adrianna Kezar, Co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, University of Southern California

“Faculties is for anyone who wants institutional change and hasn’t fallen prey to cynicism or defeatism. The authors know their subject as well as anyone, and they impart their knowledge gracefully. Amidst a crisis in higher education provoked by a mercurial government, the ethos the authors embody arms us for the work to preserve our educational enterprise.”–Michael Roth, President, Wesleyan University

“Faculties is a book to be used, to be read in and for communities of faculty. It’s a love letter for higher education and a reminder of what is at stake, and why it is our responsibility to learn and act and lean into resolve. Steven Dandaneau, Executive Director, Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities (UERU), Associate Provost, Colorado State University

“I recently got page proofs of a forthcoming book by Cathy Davidson and Jody Greene, Faculties: A Dialogue on Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times. I will have a lot to say about it closer to the publication date, but here’s a spoiler: You’re gonna want to get this book for your faculty champions.” Rachel Toor, The Sandbox (newsletter from Inside Higher Ed “offering Honest College President Perspectives”).