Lawrence Quill
Biographic Data
| ID | 697939 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence Quill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence |
| FAMILY NAME | Quill |
| SIGNATURE | QUILL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Jose State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7020-6106 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Techno-Social Vanguard
Recent interest in the concept of the vanguard or vanguardism has shed new light on what was regarded until recently as a discredited concept.1 For the purposes of this article, we take vanguardism to mean a specific form of epistemologically privileged extremism promoted by a particular group through novel organizational means. Our particular focus here is upon what we term techno-social vanguardism. Our intention is to expand the notion of vang…
The case of Canvas
The Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) is used in thousands of universities across the United States and internationally, with a strong and growing presence in K-12 and higher education markets. Analyzing the development of the Canvas LMS, we examine 1) ‘frictionless’ data transitions that bridge K12, higher education, and workforce data 2) integration of third party applications and interoperability or data-sharing across platforms 3) priva…
Technological Conspiracies
While there have been numerous critiques of the ideology of technology, it is useful to situate technology within both a liberal and a conspiratorial framework. The early work of Auguste Comte offers an ideal vehicle for this kind of analysis. Liberalism’s embrace of technology is developed in Comte to produce a theory of scientific and technical elites intent on reinventing society and the individual. This “technological conspiracy” reads very m…
Should a Communitarian Ethic Be Taught
The Disappearance of Adulthood
In pursuit of the knowledge worker
Higher education within the USA is increasingly perceived to be in a state of crisis. This crisis exposes the USA and its citizens to risks that spell out disaster whether it is from a loss of national global competitiveness, a reduction in the standard of living and/or deep challenges to social cohesion. The suggested remedy to this condition is to transform current educational practices and institutions to better produce ‘knowledge workers’ who…
Ethical Conduct and Public Service
Over the past two decades, a variety of approaches to teaching and encouraging public administration ethics have been advanced. To that end, theories of social justice, citizenship claims, integrity-based approaches, moral leadership, and a renewed emphasis on professionalism have all made significant contributions to the discussion. This article offers a different approach through a reading of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. Ishiguro's …
Should a Communitarian Ethic Be Taught
In pursuit of the knowledge worker
Higher education within the USA is increasingly perceived to be in a state of crisis. This crisis exposes the USA and its citizens to risks that spell out disaster whether it is from a loss of national global competitiveness, a reduction in the standard of living and/or deep challenges to social cohesion. The suggested remedy to this condition is to transform current educational practices and institutions to better produce ‘knowledge workers’ who…
Ethical Conduct and Public Service
Over the past two decades, a variety of approaches to teaching and encouraging public administration ethics have been advanced. To that end, theories of social justice, citizenship claims, integrity-based approaches, moral leadership, and a renewed emphasis on professionalism have all made significant contributions to the discussion. This article offers a different approach through a reading of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. Ishiguro's …
Technological Conspiracies
While there have been numerous critiques of the ideology of technology, it is useful to situate technology within both a liberal and a conspiratorial framework. The early work of Auguste Comte offers an ideal vehicle for this kind of analysis. Liberalism’s embrace of technology is developed in Comte to produce a theory of scientific and technical elites intent on reinventing society and the individual. This “technological conspiracy” reads very m…
Ethical Conduct and Public Service
Over the past two decades, a variety of approaches to teaching and encouraging public administration ethics have been advanced. To that end, theories of social justice, citizenship claims, integrity-based approaches, moral leadership, and a renewed emphasis on professionalism have all made significant contributions to the discussion. This article offers a different approach through a reading of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. Ishiguro's …
In pursuit of the knowledge worker
Higher education within the USA is increasingly perceived to be in a state of crisis. This crisis exposes the USA and its citizens to risks that spell out disaster whether it is from a loss of national global competitiveness, a reduction in the standard of living and/or deep challenges to social cohesion. The suggested remedy to this condition is to transform current educational practices and institutions to better produce ‘knowledge workers’ who…
The Disappearance of Adulthood
Should a Communitarian Ethic Be Taught
Technological Conspiracies
While there have been numerous critiques of the ideology of technology, it is useful to situate technology within both a liberal and a conspiratorial framework. The early work of Auguste Comte offers an ideal vehicle for this kind of analysis. Liberalism’s embrace of technology is developed in Comte to produce a theory of scientific and technical elites intent on reinventing society and the individual. This “technological conspiracy” reads very m…
The case of Canvas
The Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) is used in thousands of universities across the United States and internationally, with a strong and growing presence in K-12 and higher education markets. Analyzing the development of the Canvas LMS, we examine 1) ‘frictionless’ data transitions that bridge K12, higher education, and workforce data 2) integration of third party applications and interoperability or data-sharing across platforms 3) priva…
The Techno-Social Vanguard
Recent interest in the concept of the vanguard or vanguardism has shed new light on what was regarded until recently as a discredited concept.1 For the purposes of this article, we take vanguardism to mean a specific form of epistemologically privileged extremism promoted by a particular group through novel organizational means. Our particular focus here is upon what we term techno-social vanguardism. Our intention is to expand the notion of vang…
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Citizenship (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)