Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values is offering a new academic program enrollment opportunity this spring that aims to educate students about the importance of respectful dialogue, with ...

Founded in 2025 over concerns about students not learning how to engage in evidence-based conversations about controversial topics, the Or Initiative aims to equip them with civil discourse skills.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The faculty of the University at Buffalo’s Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) program has received a nearly $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for a ...

“Listen. Learn. Discuss.” is Ohio State’s newest centralized online resource for civil-discourse-related activities and information, designed to help Buckeyes develop their civic and interpersonal ...

In a recent interview, former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy discussed the need for “civil discourse.” As I heard this, it rang true with how the members of our Lexington Fayette Urban County ...

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Ithaca Initiative in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration welcomed more than 120 students, faculty and staff from across the U.S.

My favorite Founding Father is Benjamin Franklin for many reasons. He was a wonderful writer, political thinker and inventor (including swim fins!). But another reason I admire Franklin is that he was ...

Conversations with New Mexicans to hear their viewpoints on issues affecting their communities. This program spotlights a group of New Mexicans in conversation about what civil discourse means to them ...

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced the creation of an FAS initiative on promoting civil discourse and previewed a Harvard-wide “comprehensive strategy” to respond to ...

University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin spoke at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education where she emphasized the importance of civil discourse on college campuses in the wake of recent ...

During the spring of 2024, the Civil Discourse Advisory Group developed a list of 10 skills for engaging in civil discourse on campus and in the classroom. Know the type of conversation in which you ...

Teaching Civil Discourse in a Digital Era , is based on in-depth interviews with 8th- and 11th-grade students and educators ...