Broken: How Our Social Systems Are Failing Us And How We Can Fix Them

Paul Leblanc
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Broken: How Our Social Systems Are Failing Us And How We Can Fix Them

Paul Leblanc
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  • Published date: Sep 27, 2022
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 240
  • Publisher: BenBella Books
  • ISBN: 9781637741764
  • Dimensions: 6.0" W x 0.9" L x 9.0" H
Dr. Paul LeBlanc is President of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). Since 2003, under Paul’s leadership, SNHU has grown from 2,800 students to more than 180,000 learners and is the largest nonprofit provider of online higher education in the country. Paul served as Senior Policy Advisor to Undersecretary Ted Mitchell at the US Department of Education, working on competency-based education, new accreditation pathways, and innovation. He served on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) and on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Higher Education and Workforce (and served on its Committee on Quality in Undergraduate Education). He also serves on the American Council on Education Board, various corporate boards, and is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. His book Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education won the 2022 Phillip E. Frandson Award.

Paul immigrated to the United States as a child, was the first person in his extended family to attend college, and is a graduate of Framingham State University (BA), Boston College (MA), and the University of Massachusetts (PhD). From 1993 to 1996, he directed a technology start-up for Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company, was President of Marlboro College (VT) from 1996 to 2003, and became President of SNHU in 2003. His wife, Patricia, is an attorney and they have two daughters, Emma and Hannah.
"""Broken is an invitation to imagine different dimensions of the same challenges, abandoning old, tired ideas and reaffirming the most important human and spiritual values. That is why this book deserves wide readership and recognition.""
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

""Broken inspires those who are already engaged in education and/or social justice movements, as well as those who are on the sidelines, to explore how we build social systems that ‘love ALL those they are intended to serve.' You'll find yourself hanging onto every word.""
Janiece Evans-Page, CEO, Tides

""LeBlanc, one of the nation's most innovative and visionary university presidents, offers a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at how to counter the despair so many Americans feel about the state of our most vital systems—from education to health care to criminal justice. For all of us eager to find ways to truly be the change, Broken is a worthwhile and inspiring read.""
Thasunda Brown Duckett, CEO, TIAA

""LeBlanc lays out a strong case for how each of us can play a role in delivering on our promise to all people to help them realize their highest potential.""
Johnny Taylor, CEO, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

""In his galvanizing new book, LeBlanc turns his attention to systems of care in our society, including health care and criminal justice, in addition to higher education, that are in a state of brokenness. Employing his considerable gifts as a storyteller, LeBlanc asks his readers to consider social systems informed by love and respect for the human condition.""
Dr. Matthew G Biel, Division Chief and Vice Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center—Medstar Health

""In his powerful book Broken, Paul LeBlanc outlines what a world that centers our shared humanity can look like, and why it's so critical that we seize the chance to make bold changes—now. This is requisite reading for anyone who wants to be a part of the solution, not the problem.""
—Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen and Author of The Blue Sweater and Manifesto for a Moral Revolution

""Paul does a masterful job of honestly assessing our social systems from higher education to health care and criminal justice, weaving in his own decades-long personal and professional journey . . . Paul lays out a strong case for how each of us can play a role in delivering on our promise to all people to help them realize their highest potential.""
Johnny Taylor, CEO, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)"

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