The following is a report from Scott Corley on “Equality and Justice for All: How Can We Improve Racial and Ethnic Justice?” deliberations. It summarizes what happened in National Issues Forums (NIF)-styled deliberations on racial and ethnic justice that took place in Broome County, New York, during the fall and spring semesters at SUNY Broome Community College.

The image accompanying this blog post is a poster that Binghamton University used for advertising the racial justice deliberation on their campus.

OVERVIEW AND EXPLANATION

(From George Mehaffy) We’re planning another great week-long faculty seminar in Yellowstone National Park in late July 2015.  In addition to the summer Seminar, some of you know that we’re also working on a national course that grows out of our work at Yellowstone, one of a series of four national blended courses.  There may be opportunities for a faculty member participating in the Yellowstone Seminar this summer to be introduced to the national blended course that we’re in the process of developing, pilot the course on their campus, etc.  The national blended courses are going to b

Higher Education Engagement News is a periodic newsletter edited by Harry C. Boyte, Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy at Augsburg College, which responds to requests for updates and information about initiatives associated with the American Commonwealth Partnership (ACP).

The issue guide, A New Land: What Kind of Government Should We Have? is now available to order in hardcopy ($2.49 each plus shipping), or to dowload as a PDF ($1.99 each). The newest in the Historic Decisions series, this 18-page guide was created as a project of the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI), James Madison's Montpelier, and the National Constitution Center, in collaboration with the Kettering Foundation.