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The Davidson difference: New Institute for Public Good translates a legacy of honor into a framework for dialogue

April 7, 2026

“We’re going to develop the leadership for the next generation of leaders, and we’re going to do it in the ways that we care about when it comes to character,” Chris Marsicano, P.I. for Davidson College’s Institutional Impact Grant and the inaugural director of the Martin Institute for Public Good, recently told LearningWell magazine.

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

February 18, 2026

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. 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.

Categories: Educating Character Initiative News

At Seton Hill University, Catholic origins inspire universal virtues

October 22, 2025

photo collage of newspapers with black-and-white images of nuns and another image of Vietnam protestors

Seton Hill University is weaving its founding spirit, rooted in the mission of the Sisters of Charity, into a modern approach to character education. With support from the ECI, faculty and students are turning archives, classrooms, and conversations into spaces where virtues like humility, wisdom, and gratitude spark to life.

Categories: Educating Character Initiative News

New character education initiative at Syracuse University focuses on fans

August 12, 2025

In the August installment of our media partnership with LearningWell Magazine, a publication of the LearningWell Coalition, Syracuse University’s “Character Development and Sport Fan Engagement” project is highlighted for differentiating itself from most sports-driven character-building projects by focusing on the fans.

Categories: Educating Character Initiative News

Can Intellectual Virtues Re-Energize Teaching?

July 25, 2025

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.

Categories: Educating Character Initiative News

Beyond Funding: Bellarmine, ASU, and George Fox

May 21, 2025

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?”

Categories: Educating Character Initiative News

Dr. Glenn Sanders of King University Recognized as Nathan O. Hatch Leader of Character

March 17, 2025

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.

Categories: Educating Character Initiative News

The Program for Leadership and Character

The Davidson difference: New Institute for Public Good translates a legacy of honor into a framework for dialogue

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

At Seton Hill University, Catholic origins inspire universal virtues

New character education initiative at Syracuse University focuses on fans

Can Intellectual Virtues Re-Energize Teaching?

Beyond Funding: Bellarmine, ASU, and George Fox

Dr. Glenn Sanders of King University Recognized as Nathan O. Hatch Leader of Character

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