John J. Hampton

Homepage: www.jackhampton.com

Background

Jack Hampton is a Professor of Business at St. Peter's University in New Jersey and a core faculty member at the International School of Management (Paris). He was Executive Director of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), dean of the schools of business at Seton Hall and Connecticut State universities, and provost of the College of Insurance and SUNY Maritime College in New York City.

Recent Books on Higher Education

Culture, Intricacies, and Obsessions -- Why Colleges and Universities are Struggling to Deliver the Goods.

From the viewpoint of an insider, this book explains why students are being shortchanged, identifies problems, and recommends changes to restore confidence in higher education.

The Professoriate Today -- Languishing in Dante's Purgatory.

Examining the isolation of the professoriate, this book shows how obscure research and lack of accountability are undermining the academy.

Liberal Arts in the Doldrums - Rethink, Revise, and Reverse the Trend.

Claiming the liberal arts are lost in a time warp in many institutions, this book argues for changes to the professoriate and restructuring the liberal arts curriculum.

The Malaise of Academic Scholarship: Why it Starts with the Doctoral Dissertation as a Baptism of Fire.

The often-mundane and excessive requirements for scholarly research undermine higher education. This books argues for reforms.

Awards

Risk Innovator of 2008, Risk and Insurance magazine.

2011 Innovation Award, Business Insurance magazine.

Handbook of Financial Risk Management, Outstanding Business Reference Book of 2012, American Library Association.

Education

Doctor of Business Administration. The George Washington University.

Master of Business Administration. The George Washington University.

Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts Honors Program. Stetson University.