The first in a series of stories by LearningWell on the Educating Character Initiative and the efforts of our member institutions.
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The Anteater Virtues program at the University of California-Irvine focuses on the development of four key intellectual virtues: curiosity, integrity, intellectual humility, and intellectual tenacity. One of the project’s distinctive features is the support it receives from senior academic leadership.
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We were privileged to speak with several of the principal investigators of 2024 grants while they attended the Program for Leadership and Character’s spring visit and ask, “What is most exciting about what you are learning from their grant projects?”
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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.
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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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