The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

The Academic Program

 

Academic Program Reports & Publications

2009 Summer Session report

Report on the 2009 Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College, Northampton, MA
August 9 - 14, 2009

This report is available as a .pdf file.

2009 Retreat Report

Report on the Fall 2009 Academic Retreat
The Marconi Center, Marshall, CA
Nov. 12 - 15, 2009

This report is available as a .pdf file.

2007 Fellowships Report

The 2007 Contemplative Practice Fellowships

This report is available as a .pdf file.

2008 Fellows' Meeting Report

Report on the Fall 2008 Meeting of the Contemplative Practice Fellows
Seasons, The Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, 2008

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Academic Retreat Report

Report on the Fall 2008 Academic Retreat
Menla Mountain Retreat Center, Phoenicia, MA
November 13 -16, 2008
This retreat was made possible with support from the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism.

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Meditation and Higher Education Review of Research

Toward the Integration of Meditation into Higher Education: A Review of Research
Prepared by Shauna L. Shapiro, Kirk Warren Brown, and John A. Astin. Edited by Maia Duerr.

This report is available as a .pdf file.

2008 Summer Session Report

Report on the 2008 Summer Curriculum Development Session
Smith College, Northampton, MA
August 3-8, 2008
by Beth Wadham

This report is available as a .pdf file.

2008 Disciplinary Meeting Report

Meeting on Contemplative Pedagogy in the Disciplines: Philosophy, Religious Studies, Psychology
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
March 28-30, 2008
by Piper Murray

This report is available as a .pdf file.

2007 Fellows Meeting report

Contemplation in Action:
A Report on the Academic Fellows' Meeting

Seasons, Fetzer Institute
Kalamazoo, MI
October 5-7, 2007
by Piper Murray

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Report on the 2007 Uncovering the Heart of Higher Education Conference
Hotel Nikko
San Francisco, California
February 22-25, 2007

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Report on the 2006 Academic Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College
August 13th-18th, 2006
by Jennifer Akey

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Contemplative Practice in Arts Education

Contemplative Practice in Arts Education:
a meeting at the University of Colorado, Boulder
February 9 - 12th, 2006
by Piper Murray

This report is available as a .pdf file.

Columbia Conference report

A Preliminary Report on Contemplative Practices and Education: Making Peace in Ourselves and in the World: a conference at Teachers College, Columbia University
February 11 - 13, 2005

This report is available as a web page and a .pdf file.

Arthur Zajonc: Love and Kowledge

Love and Knowledge: Recovering the Heart of Learning Through Contemplation
Arthur Zajonc
Presented at Contemplative Practices and Education: Making Peace in Ourselves and in the World
Teachers College, Columbia University
February 11 - 13, 2005

Marilyn Nelson: The Fruit of Silence

The Fruit of Silence
Marilyn Nelson
Presented at Contemplative Practices and Education: Making Peace in Ourselves and in the World
Teachers College, Columbia University
February 11 - 13, 2005

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A Brief Report on the Regional Symposium
on Contemplative Practice in Higher Education

Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
May 9 - 11, 2003

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The Contemplative Scholar:
Report and Findings of the Survey of
Contemplative Practice Fellowship Recipients

by Deborah Klimburg-Salter

This report is available as a web page or a .pdf file.

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1999 Contemplative Practice Fellowship Program Report
by Frederick Buell

This report is available as a .pdf file (240kb).

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Mindfulness and Education
by Robert Thurman

This publication is available as a web page or as a .pdf file

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The Contemplative Life and the Teaching of the Humanities
by Brain Stock

This publication is available as a web page or as a .pdf file

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Catalyzing Movement Toward a More Contemplative / Sacred-Appreciating / Non-Dualistic Society
by Jon Kabat-Zinn

This publication is available as a web page or as a .pdf file

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Meditation, Social Change, and Undergraduate Education
by Steven C. Rockefeller

This publication is available as a web page or as a .pdf file

Transformative and Spiritual Dimensions of Higher Education

In summer of 2002, The Fetzer Institute contracted with Arthur Zajonc of Amherst College, Maia Duerr of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, and Diana Dana of the University of Massachusetts and The Community for Integrative Learning & Action to conduct a survey of Transformative and Spiritual Dimensions of Higher Education.The purpose of the survey was to document academic programs and other initiatives in North American universities and colleges that incorporate elements of transformative learning, including contemplative practices. More than 150 academic professionals responded to the online questionnaire and 22 people were interviewed by phone.

The report will serve as the basis for the Fetzer Institute to discuss strategies to support transformative, spiritual, and contemplative dimensions of higher education. The case studies provide a closer look at how six professors have introduced contemplative practices into their classrooms and programs.

Report on Transformative and Spiritual Higher Ed

Report on the Survey of Transformative and Spiritual Dimensions of Higher Education
by Maia Duerr

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Case Studies
by Maia Duerr

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