SVHE Summer Meeting

Can We Talk? The University’s Role in Public Discourse

Guiding Questions & Introduction to the Event:

In a time when misinformation, disinformation, and “fake news” run rampant, how can institutions of higher education respond to the need for accurate information and civil discourse? What ethical obligations do universities and their faculties have to the common good related to accurate and honest information?

Proposals for this Request for Participation could address issues including (but not limited to):

• Social media and the university

• Information and/or digital information literacy in the curriculum

• Limits to the freedom of speech in and out of the classroom

• Higher education’s public relations problem

• Post pandemic pedagogy and misinformation

• Strategies for developing civil discourse on campus

• Higher education and political engagement

The 2021 SVHE Annual Meeting will host several creative “studio spaces” where researchers can pursue their own path, embark on or continue work on a group project, or lead others on a journey. The meeting will feature public space in which all participants have the opportunity to share the fruits of their labor.

Here’s a link to further information.