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Truth and Service: Howard University to develop an H.B.C.U.-based framework for character education

Staff and students of the the Summer Bridge Program at Howard University.

Howard University is developing an H.B.C.U.-based theoretical model for character education and studying existing models and strategies for character education in higher education. In this work, they are looking at key considerations of character education through an H.B.C.U. lens, including the legacy of character within Black education and the paucity of Black-centric character education within the literature. 


Can Intellectual Virtues Re-Energize Teaching?

autumn on Wake Forest's campus

In an opinion essay for Inside Higher Education, Senior Lecturer of Marine Conservation and Ethics at Duke University Rebecca Vidra—a 2025 ECI Teacher-Scholar Grant recipient—reflects on her work to redesign courses on environmental issues in ways that center the formation of intellectual virtues like curiosity, humility, and resilience.


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