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2024 DCI Annual Report – Engaging for Impact
Discover Stanford DCI (video)
Stanford DCI Connections (video)
Profiles of Impact – pursuits and projects of DCI Alumni
Stanford DCI Listening Tour Report, October 2021
Stanford DCI Program Overview (graphic)

Media contact:
Kristin Goldthorpe, Stanford DCI Communications Manager

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Profiles of Impact

Middle aged man holding a baby lamb.

DCI Fellow 2015 Kate Jerome surrounded by her award winning books

Two women (Rashmi Bhargava and Debbie Byron) standing next to two men (Jeff Byron and Raj Bhargava) with background including pink lights.

DCI in the News

Sara Singer (DCI Co-Faculty Director), 4-Quarter Lives (podcast), October 1, 2025
Higher Ed Adjusts to the Unretired, April 2, 2025, Next Avenue.
Bridging Generations Stanford DCI Fosters Lifelong Learning, February 7, 2025, Stanford Daily.
Ex-Execs Go Back to University, November 25, 2024, Financial Times.
And Now for My Second Act, March 2024, Stanford Magazine.
The Rise of Mid-Life Transition Programs on College Campuses, January 29, 2024, Higher Ed Jobs.
“Back to School: Distinguished Careers Institute Brings Experience Professionals to Campus”, January 16, 2024, Stanford Daily.

Full Archive - DCI in the News

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4-Quarter Lives:
Sara Singer discusses
Stanford DCI

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Related Conversations

What Advisors can Learn from Midlife Transition Programs, Advisor.com, July 17, 2025.
Reimaging Education in the Age of Longevity, School’s In podcast, Stanford Graduate School of Education, June 13, 2025.
Senior Academy Supports Faculty Transition to Retirement, Stanford Report, November 13, 2024.
The Job Market Needs Workers. The Newest Ones are over Age 75, Christian Science Monitor, September 9, 2024
Reimagining a Retirement Fit for Boomers, and Those Who Are Next in Line, New York Times, June 20, 2024.

DCI’s Virtual Bookshelf
Published works by DCI Fellows & Alumni

BOOKS

Krista & James White (DCI 2018)

Culture Design

Kate Jerome (DCI 2015)
How to Write a Children’s Picture Book

Akshay Swaminathan & Steve Leeven (DCI 2016)
How to Learn a Language for Life

Book cover - grey blue background with cross - Why not Better and Cheaper (healthcare) James B. Rebitzer &, Robert S. Rebitzer (DCI 2021)
Why Not Better and Cheaper Healthcare and Innovatoin

Cynthia Cwik (DCI 2018/19)
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PODCASTS

Liz Dolan (DCI 2024)
Lizness School
Various experiences and insights during Liz’s DCI year.

Susan Nash (DCI 2017) and Donna Slade (DCI 2017)
Take Ten – interviews with various DCI authors

Steve Leeven (DCI 2016)
America the Bilingual

David Payne (DCI 2020)
Somebody Somewhere

OTHER

Jason Hoffs (DCI 2019)
Debris (TV show)

Ron Katz (DCI 2016)
The Sleuthing Silvers (online series)

Click to view the entire DCI Virtual Bookshelf

Frances Edmonds (DCI 2018)
Repotting Your Life

Ann Bennett Spence
Nancy|Nianci: A Story of Wars

Kate Jerome (DCI 2015)
Educational children’s books (200+)

Steve Leeven (DCI 2016)
America’s Bilingual Century

The Little Guide to your Well-Read Life

Kevin Salwen (DCI 2016) and Kent Alexander
The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle

Abhi Padwardhan (DCI 2017)
Angel Wings: Paw-prints on 3 Continents

Leslie Blodgett (DCI 2018)
Pretty Good Advice for People Who Think Big and Work Harder

Frits van Paasschen (DCI 2020)
Disruptor’s Feast

Jake Schlesinger (DCI 2020)
Shadow Shoguns: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Postwar Political Machine

View additional written works by DCI Fellows and Alumni on The Vault.