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Through our community building efforts, we engage with individuals and institutions to cultivate relationships, collaboration, and shared purpose. Our team connects across sectors and perspectives to create communities of practice for practitioners, scholars, and advocates of character education in higher education. Through formal and informal convenings, conversations, and networking opportunities, we provide space for meaningful dialogue and growth.


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Join the ECI Community

We are a growing network of over 1,600 individuals, representing more than 600 institutions. Whether you’re new to conversations about educating character, or you’ve been engaged in these discussions for years, we welcome your presence in our community.

Join the ECI Community

Connect with Our Team

Our team has expertise and experience in character-based pedagogies, curricular or co-curricular programming, and building cultures of character at distinct institutions. We want to find ways to support your efforts, and we value conversation — please contact us!

Connect with Our Team

Share a Resource

Do you have a story that could catalyze new ideas within the ECI community? Have you created a resource that could inspire other university faculty or staff in their work? Let’s work together to discuss how we might make these ideas come alive in other contexts.

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Nathan O. Hatch Leader of Character Award

The Nathan O. Hatch Leader of Character Award honors an outstanding leader in higher education who has shown exceptional commitment to educating character at their institution and beyond.

Nathan O. Hatch Leader of Character Award