Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc., the ECI has awarded 12 grants to support individuals in developing their scholarly expertise in character education within higher education, expanding the pipeline of scholars doing research on character education in colleges and universities.
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“I felt a real energy around the importance of character in higher education,” said Michael Lamb, our executive director. “We often talk about character, but this conference showed how educators are really seeking to develop character in their own contexts.”
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The Educating Character Initiative has flourished under the leadership of its inaugural director, Beth Purvis. As the ECI continues to grow, Beth will be leaving her position on August 9, 2024, to return to her role as Chief Executive Officer of the charter school network she led for 12 years. Beth will continue to support the Program for Leadership and Character as an active member of the ECI Advisory Board.
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The funding comes from a new $12.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. which will also support coaching, resources, and workshops for faculty across the country.
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Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc., the ECI awards Institutional Impact Grants of between $100,000 and $1,000,000 to higher-education institutions that wish to undertake a substantial and sustained effort to educate character in undergraduate populations across their institution.
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Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc., the ECI has awarded 41 grants of up to $50,000 to institutions seeking to educate and embed character in their distinctive contexts of higher education.
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We look forward to the ways in which the recipients’ work will deepen our collective understanding of character and expand capacity to educate character in specific contexts.
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Our expanding team will help us extend the Program’s mission at Wake Forest and beyond.
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The longtime education leader will help the Program in its goal of assisting other colleges and universities in educating character in their own contexts.
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How can educators at colleges and universities integrate character at their institutions? That was the focus of “Educating Character Across the University,” a three-day conference held at Wake Forest University and attended by more than 200 educators, administrators, and staff from colleges and universities across the country.
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