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  1. See excellent commentary by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block on threats to the future of UCLA, and our economy -- http://tr.im/Gxsm
  2. Taught Bill Cockrum's ethics class. Discussed grade disclosure to recruiters as ethical question. Anderson's poicy is voluntary disclosure.
  3. About to host internat'l students for tradit'l Thanks'g meal, a first for most - interesting & fun to compare global notes on the holiday.
  4. Yesterday celebrated w/ top students in 1st yr class. Always interesting to see the global and functional diversity of these top students.
  5. Another great session w/ P. Guber developing our next year's class, on key development milestones for a leadership career. Will be v cool.
  6. Luncheon for scholarship donors to meet their student recipients. Very moving to see transformational opportunities created by these donors.
  7. Prof Chowdry has ingenious proposal to create e-bank accounts for all newborns & to enable direct charitable desposits: http://tr.im/fabcam
  8. UCLA tuition going up dramatically. Students upset & demonstrating. Pres says no choice given draconian state cuts. Sad outcome all around.
  9. In NY seeing alums & Loeb Awards Brd. Anderson runs Loebs to celebrate bus journalism. Debating what qualifies as blog submission to Loeb
  10. Sunday had Q & A w/ 60 talented prospective students visiting for Embracing Diversity weekend. V discerning Q's b/f they choose school.
  11. Spoke to HR execs on how Millennials use technology. Employers and us educators have to transform job structures & learning models.
  12. Book party for Dipak Chopra's "Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul." Most people unaware of connections b/w physical & spiritual.
  13. Interesting 'war' b/w Rupert (WSJ) and Google on ownership of news content. Who needs their content when all else is free? http://tr.im/ERXU
  14. Mark Zoradi ('80), Pres of Disney Pictures, spoke at Entertainment Conf. Until bandwidth grows, movies less vulnerable to illegal downloads
  15. Fascinating Xchange w/ David Geffen, legend in entertainment industry. Even he hasn't figured out new bus model for digitized music/movies.
  16. Home from Asia; great trip thanks to our alums. Excited b/c David Geffen making rare appearance tomorrow at Anderson: http://tr.im/E5ml
  17. Singapore: business friendly, v efficient gov bureaucracy, excellent social services, big educational investment. A few things to learn.
  18. Spoke at gathering of Anderson and NUS alums in Singapore. Growing numbers of passionate alums here given EMBA dual degree with NUS.
  19. Insights from Chinese officials - started first with economic reforms, then turned to political reforms. In India it's the reverse order.
  20. In Singapore to visit our EMBA partner - National U of Singapore - and our many alums here. This country is very organized.