Preparedness for civic engagement and the ability to engage in civil discourse is a deep challenge for open societies across the globe as well as for our college and university campuses. All of education, including higher education, need to help cultivate the skills and capabilities of constructive dialogue, active listening, respectful debate, openness to different viewpoints, negotiation, and collective problem solving. Students are arriving on campus not knowing how to talk to each other, especially those with different viewpoints, and we cannot afford to allow them to leave campus without having learned that critical set of skills.
- Garry Jenkins
Activation Plan
Below is an overview of some campus activities:
- Developing a student, faculty, and staff panel on dialogues and difficult discourse
- Establishing a working group to study peer campus initiatives addressing civil discourse
Garry Jenkins
President, Bates College
Join the growing consoritum of campus leaders urgently committed to collectively restoring higher education’s role in democracy.
Garry Jenkins
President, Bates College
Below is an overview of some campus activities:
- Developing a student, faculty, and staff panel on dialogues and difficult discourse
- Establishing a working group to study peer campus initiatives addressing civil discourse
Preparedness for civic engagement and the ability to engage in civil discourse is a deep challenge for open societies across the globe as well as for our college and university campuses. All of education, including higher education, need to help cultivate the skills and capabilities of constructive dialogue, active listening, respectful debate, openness to different viewpoints, negotiation, and collective problem solving. Students are arriving on campus not knowing how to talk to each other, especially those with different viewpoints, and we cannot afford to allow them to leave campus without having learned that critical set of skills.
- Garry Jenkins