cplong
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Provost and Senior Vice President, University of Oregon | Co-founder, Public Philosophy Journal | Co-PI, HuMetricsHSS | Husband & Father.
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Arendt's account of understanding here speaks to a way of knowing that has been eclipsed in a social and political culture that has long demonstrated an incapacity to engage complexity, ambiguity, and uncertainty with nuance and grace.
Arendt's account of understanding here speaks to a way of knowing that has been eclipsed in a social and political culture that has long demonstrated an incapacity to engage complexity, ambiguity, and uncertainty with nuance and grace.
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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Arendt's account of understanding here speaks to a way of knowing that has been eclipsed in a social and political culture that has long demonstrated an incapacity to engage complexity, ambiguity, and uncertainty with nuance and grace.
Arendt's account of understanding here speaks to a way of knowing that has been eclipsed in a social and political culture that has long demonstrated an incapacity to engage complexity, ambiguity, and uncertainty with nuance and grace.
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Are you wrestling with difficult decisions in #highered? Need time and space to tackle them with a team and with intention? Applications are now open for the 2026 Values-Enacted Leadership Institute, to be held in Portland, OR next July.
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Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
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December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Are you wrestling with difficult decisions in #highered? Need time and space to tackle them with a team and with intention? Applications are now open for the 2026 Values-Enacted Leadership Institute, to be held in Portland, OR next July.
humetricshss.org/veli
humetricshss.org/veli
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The core values of the Public Philosophy Journal, says @cplong.org, are thick collegiality; ethical imagination; diversity, equity, inclusion; and transparency and trust. Find out more publicphilosophyjournal.org #openscience #cmuoss25
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November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The core values of the Public Philosophy Journal, says @cplong.org, are thick collegiality; ethical imagination; diversity, equity, inclusion; and transparency and trust. Find out more publicphilosophyjournal.org #openscience #cmuoss25
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"The great secret of values-enacted work lies in the intentionality and discipline required to specify what each value-term means in a given context and how it will be enacted in relationships and show forth in what is created." Read @cplong.org's reflections on the inaugural VELI: shorturl.at/jt5xY
Reflecting on Integrity and Excellence at VELI 2025 – HuMetricsHSS
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July 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"The great secret of values-enacted work lies in the intentionality and discipline required to specify what each value-term means in a given context and how it will be enacted in relationships and show forth in what is created." Read @cplong.org's reflections on the inaugural VELI: shorturl.at/jt5xY
In the wake of the inaugural Values Enacted Leadership Institute, I have been reflecting on the relationship between excellence and integrity. "Excellence" is too often too abstract a term to be useful. Thinking of excellence in but terms of integrity helps in this regard: cplong.org/2025/07/inte...
Integrity as an Expression of Value Enacted Excellence – Christopher P. Long
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July 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In the wake of the inaugural Values Enacted Leadership Institute, I have been reflecting on the relationship between excellence and integrity. "Excellence" is too often too abstract a term to be useful. Thinking of excellence in but terms of integrity helps in this regard: cplong.org/2025/07/inte...
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Associate Dean for Academic Engagement Nicky Agate @terrainsvagues.bsky.social recently posted this op-ed in The LSE Impact blog along with other collaborators from @humetricshss.bsky.social.
The piece addresses the viability of federal funding in the current climate.
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The piece addresses the viability of federal funding in the current climate.
💻 bit.ly/4l85be3
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June 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Associate Dean for Academic Engagement Nicky Agate @terrainsvagues.bsky.social recently posted this op-ed in The LSE Impact blog along with other collaborators from @humetricshss.bsky.social.
The piece addresses the viability of federal funding in the current climate.
💻 bit.ly/4l85be3
The piece addresses the viability of federal funding in the current climate.
💻 bit.ly/4l85be3
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My @humetricshss.bsky.social colleagues and I have an op-ed in @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today. Take a peek: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Is federal funding still a viable research assessment indicator in the age of Trump? - Impact of Social Sciences
Federal funding has long played an important role in research assessment in the United States. The HuMetricsHSS Initiative argues this must now be reassessed in light of the Trump administration’s int...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My @humetricshss.bsky.social colleagues and I have an op-ed in @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today. Take a peek: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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We're excited to announce the project teams for the inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute. Can't wait to see you all next month!
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June 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We're excited to announce the project teams for the inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute. Can't wait to see you all next month!
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Before the sun sets here in the West on this difficult day in these United States, let me post the remarks I made at the induction ceremony of The Phi Beta Kappa Society at the University of Oregon - The University is the Beating Heart of a Free Society.
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The University is the Beating Heart of a Free Society – Christopher P. Long
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June 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Before the sun sets here in the West on this difficult day in these United States, let me post the remarks I made at the induction ceremony of The Phi Beta Kappa Society at the University of Oregon - The University is the Beating Heart of a Free Society.
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Blog Post: "Wholeheartedness in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty," by @cplong.org. humetricshss.org/wholehearted...
June 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Blog Post: "Wholeheartedness in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty," by @cplong.org. humetricshss.org/wholehearted...
In early May, I had the opportunity to join a group of leaders at the University of Oregon who have committed themselves to the important work of student advising. Here are a few reflections on that experience. @humetricshss.bsky.social #Advising #Values
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May 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
In early May, I had the opportunity to join a group of leaders at the University of Oregon who have committed themselves to the important work of student advising. Here are a few reflections on that experience. @humetricshss.bsky.social #Advising #Values
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if that is intriguing, I cannot recommend highly enough this review by @cplong.org of Aryeh Kosman's magisterial The Activity of Being
The Activity of Being: An Essay on Aristotle's Ontology
Aristotle's thinking is peripatetic. It moves along paths, some well-worn, others newly cleared by the creative elasticity of his thinking. It pursues q...
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May 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
if that is intriguing, I cannot recommend highly enough this review by @cplong.org of Aryeh Kosman's magisterial The Activity of Being
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The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Joint Lawsuit over Dismantling of National Endowment for the...
(New York, NY) — The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Association (AHA), and the Modern Language Association (MLA) filed a lawsuit in federal district court today,...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
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I had the pleasure of doing an interview last week with Dane Anderson of Humanities Last Chance. He's made me sound amazingly coherent! humanitieslastchance.org/article/kath...
Humanities Last Chance
Humanities Last Chance
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May 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I had the pleasure of doing an interview last week with Dane Anderson of Humanities Last Chance. He's made me sound amazingly coherent! humanitieslastchance.org/article/kath...
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Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA, @modernlanguage.bsky.social, & @ach.bsky.social are convening an Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process on Wednesday, April 30th at 11am ET on Zoom. Register now 🗃️
Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process - AHA
Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA and partner organizations are convening an Information Exchange about the N...
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April 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA, @modernlanguage.bsky.social, & @ach.bsky.social are convening an Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process on Wednesday, April 30th at 11am ET on Zoom. Register now 🗃️
As we navigate the difficult challenges that face us in higher education — and across our civic life in these United States — I return to the practices of blogging that have long enriched my academic and personal life. #HigherEd @humetricshss.bsky.social
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April 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM
As we navigate the difficult challenges that face us in higher education — and across our civic life in these United States — I return to the practices of blogging that have long enriched my academic and personal life. #HigherEd @humetricshss.bsky.social
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Here is @cplong.bsky.social on the transformative power of values-enacted work in higher ed, particularly at the current moment.
There is nobody with whom I’d rather plan a leadership institute than Chris & the rest of @humetricshss.bsky.social team.
research.uoregon.edu/news/confron...
There is nobody with whom I’d rather plan a leadership institute than Chris & the rest of @humetricshss.bsky.social team.
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Confronting change | UO Research and Innovation
Values-enacted leadership and a humanistic approach will help universities navigate transitions, UO provost says
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March 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Here is @cplong.bsky.social on the transformative power of values-enacted work in higher ed, particularly at the current moment.
There is nobody with whom I’d rather plan a leadership institute than Chris & the rest of @humetricshss.bsky.social team.
research.uoregon.edu/news/confron...
There is nobody with whom I’d rather plan a leadership institute than Chris & the rest of @humetricshss.bsky.social team.
research.uoregon.edu/news/confron...
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Today we'd like to highlight another blog post, this one by Dr. Naomi Greyser. Naomi's ability to balance the realities of budget and consolidation with her values and those of her colleagues is an excellent example of values-enacted leadership: humetricshss.org/building-for...
Building for the Future at a Defunded Public University – HuMetricsHSS
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February 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Today we'd like to highlight another blog post, this one by Dr. Naomi Greyser. Naomi's ability to balance the realities of budget and consolidation with her values and those of her colleagues is an excellent example of values-enacted leadership: humetricshss.org/building-for...
My recently published essay, "The Hideously Difficult Task Before Us," attempts to read James Baldwin with Reiner Schürmann in an effort to imagine and begin to enact the possibility of a more perfect union. #philosophy cplong.org/2024/12/the-...
The Hideously Difficult Task Before Us – Christopher P. Long
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January 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My recently published essay, "The Hideously Difficult Task Before Us," attempts to read James Baldwin with Reiner Schürmann in an effort to imagine and begin to enact the possibility of a more perfect union. #philosophy cplong.org/2024/12/the-...
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Interested in facilitating values-aligned change at your institution? Get those applications in stat!
There are just under two weeks left to apply for our Values-Enacted Leadership Institute! humetricshss.org/values-enact...
Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
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January 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Interested in facilitating values-aligned change at your institution? Get those applications in stat!
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Have a transformative project in higher education you’ve been thinking about with like-minded colleagues? Want some time and space to think through how to actually make it happen? Apply to the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute, to be held this coming July: humetricshss.org/values-enact...
Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
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January 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Have a transformative project in higher education you’ve been thinking about with like-minded colleagues? Want some time and space to think through how to actually make it happen? Apply to the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute, to be held this coming July: humetricshss.org/values-enact...
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We are thrilled to invite applications from institutional teams for the inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI), taking place in Oregon from July 13 - 18, 2025. Applications are due February 12. humetricshss.org/values-enact...
Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
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December 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM
We are thrilled to invite applications from institutional teams for the inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI), taking place in Oregon from July 13 - 18, 2025. Applications are due February 12. humetricshss.org/values-enact...
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We're holding VELI information sessions on Dec 16 at Jan 21 at 12pm Eastern. Sign up or find out more: humetricshss.org/values-enact...
Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
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December 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM
We're holding VELI information sessions on Dec 16 at Jan 21 at 12pm Eastern. Sign up or find out more: humetricshss.org/values-enact...
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What an energizing couple of days in Oregon with my @humetricshss.bsky.social colleagues @drbtd.bsky.social, @cplong.bsky.social, @simosacchi.bsky.social, @jasonrhody.bsky.social, Penny, & Bonnie, planning our 2025 Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) humetricshss.org/values-enact...
Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
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November 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
What an energizing couple of days in Oregon with my @humetricshss.bsky.social colleagues @drbtd.bsky.social, @cplong.bsky.social, @simosacchi.bsky.social, @jasonrhody.bsky.social, Penny, & Bonnie, planning our 2025 Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) humetricshss.org/values-enact...