The Educating Character Initiative
What’s New at the ECI
- 📚 Read Minding the Gap: Moral Ideals and Moral Improvement and attend our book club conversation with the author Karen Stohr Sept. 25.
- 🎧 Register to join us Oct. 14 for a webinar to learn about the connections between character development and community-engaged learning.
- 🎧 Sign up for our partner webinar series with the Jubliee Centre: The Flourishing Student.
The Educating Character Initiative equips institutions of higher education with the resources, funding, and support necessary to integrate character education into their distinctive institutional contexts, curricula, and cultures. We foster a robust network that recognizes the value of educating character within higher education.
Learn about Our Programs
Community Building
Join our community of educators, learn from other educators, and engage with us about your resources and your ideas.
Grantmaking
Learn about our grantmaking, which supports institutions engaged in efforts to strengthen the understanding, integration, and education of character at U.S. colleges and universities.
Collective Learning
Join our webinars, book club, and trainings to learn how to integrate character education into your unique academic contexts and curricula.
Work with Our ECI Team
Connect with our Educating Character Initiative staff for individualized support.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to help others plant the seeds of character education, and we all benefit as those efforts continue to grow.”
Jennifer Rothschild, Executive Director of the Educating Character Initiative
A project of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, the ECI was founded in 2023 through the generous support of Lilly Endowment Inc.