Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Merisotis writes about education, human work, and philanthropy. Civil discourse, the ability to hash out differences and ...

First-time teachers and first-time voters gearing up for the 2024 election may have only ever been exposed to toxic polarization — it’s their norm. But for those of us who’ve been in the classroom for ...

BEREA, Ohio – Starting in fall 2024, all freshmen entering Baldwin Wallace University will receive lessons on how to have civil conversations with those with opposing political views as part of an ...

Recently, the University of Delaware Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration honored Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) with the Biden School Civility in ...

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had it right when they gave us a lesson in song back in 1949. “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” was an admonition about racism and hatred. “You’ve got to be ...

Universities were once celebrated as places where ideas could be challenged, debated, and refined. Classrooms were meant to be arenas for civil discourse—spaces where disagreement was not only ...

First-time teachers and first-time voters gearing up for the 2024 election may have only ever been exposed to toxic polarization — it’s their norm. But for those of us who’ve been in the classroom for ...

W hen Agnes Bolinska was an undergraduate, she didn’t talk much in class. “I was scared of being judged, and I was scared of saying the wrong thing,” said Bolinska, who is now an assistant professor ...

As a civil discourse specialist, I help teachers and students engage in respectful, truth-seeking discussions. Last fall, schools invited me to support conversations about the war in Gaza and the 2024 ...

Amid concerns about academic freedom and rising political polarization on college campuses across the country, leaders at Duke and other universities have adopted new rhetoric to prioritize ...

First-time teachers and first-time voters gearing up for the 2024 election may have only ever been exposed to toxic polarization — it’s their norm. But for those of us who’ve been in the classroom for ...