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The article titled "Our Shared Future: Why a liberal education is one of the best investments society can make" discusses the importance of a liberal education in promoting pluralism and fostering dialogue and mutual understanding. The article highlights the challenges faced by universities in creating a culture of pluralism while supporting the unique needs of students. It also features the perspective of David Einhorn, a Cornell University trustee, who emphasizes the importance of upholding the university's founding principles and promoting empathy and understanding. The article concludes by stating that liberal education, by its very nature, is pluralistic and represents society's best investment in our shared future. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the recent attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education, particularly focusing on the weaponization of antisemitism. It highlights a congressional hearing where college presidents were accused of promoting antisemitism through their commitment to DEI. The article argues that these attacks are part of a larger effort to dismantle DEI initiatives and undermine higher education. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing the danger posed by authoritarian threats to higher education and the need to protect the democratic purposes of education. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the challenges faced by college and university presidents in responding to the conflict between Hamas and Israel, particularly regarding the expression of political views by students and faculty. Topics include the debates over campus statements, accusations of antisemitism, and the broader purpose of higher education in fostering a sense of humanity.

The attacks on DEI programs are a threat to the democratic purposes of higher education. And yet, one of the most recent campaigns, which involves the removal of funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at public colleges and universities, is a direct consequence of the politicization of higher education. Thus, restrictions on DEI programs and curricula greatly impede the ability of colleges and universities to advance their missions and create educational environments and experiences that produce the learning outcomes faculty seek for their students. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses recent Supreme Court decisions prohibiting the use of race as a factor in college admissions, highlighting a backlash that will stall the progress of colleges and universities striving for diversity. Topics include the consequences of these decisions, the increased barriers to educational opportunity, and the Court's positing of a colorblind society despite the persistence of structural racism.

The article discusses that liberal education is designed to nurture the skills and dispositions that lead to human flourishing for the learner and the community. It emphasizes that by embracing and reaffirming liberal education's mission, colleges and universities may reactivate a sense of purpose and begin to restore public trust in the enduring and transformative power of American higher education not merely as a means for getting a job but as a catalyst for living a good life.

The article focuses on the American Association of Colleges and Universities' annual meeting held in San Francisco, where more than 1,400 higher education leaders discussed strategies for defending liberal education amid increasing attacks on academic freedom. Topics includes the efforts to ban the teaching of African American studies, appointing conservative trustees to governing boards, and policies that make it easier to fire tenured professors.

The article reports that the American Association of Colleges and Universities joined a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. Topics include examines the Court decided the case in 2016, ruling in alignment with the brief that colleges and universities have a compelling interest in advancing campus diversity as a necessary component of educational excellence.

The article discusses the Climate Commitment program of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, initiated by presidents of 12 universities and colleges to advocate the role of higher education in developing a sustainable environment. Topics include the establishment of sustainability studies by institutions to develop human capital, and assessments of colleges and universities on the basis of their efforts in preparing students to deal with environmental concerns.

The article offers information on the Association of American Colleges and Universities' (AAC&U) strategic plan for 2018–2022, titled "We ASPIRE: Advancing Student Performance through Integration, Research, and Excellence." Topics discussed include AAC&U's stand on liberal education in the U.S.; the focus of the plan on democracy and the role of education in it; and the focus on STEM education.

A list of individuals, foundations, corporations and other organizations being acknowledged by the Association of American Colleges and Universities for their philanthropic support to the association between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017 is presented including the National Science Foundation.

The article informs that American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has approved a revised mission statement to advance democratic purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education. It mentions that statement reaffirms the association's foundational belief in higher education as a public good and reveals how political ideology has been used to undermine the free exchange of ideas.

The article discusses the Association of American Colleges & Universities, Liberal Education and Higher Education. It explores that the association prioritizes mobilizing collaborative leadership for educational and institutional effectiveness; building faculty leadership in the context of institutional renewal and fostering global engagement in a diverse but connected world.

The article presents an adaptation from the address of Lynn Pasquerella, president of Association of American Colleges and Universities, to the Networking Breakfast for Women Faculty and Administrators at the annual meeting of the association. Topics include nomination of politician Hillary Clinton as first woman candidate for U.S. president; progress for women in the top administrative ranks of academia; and gender discrimination of women and feminism protests in the U.S. for gender equality.

The article discusses importance of liberal education for advancing racial healing and transformation. Topics discussed include advancement of art of listening as a catalyst for moral imagination through liberal education, engagement of communities in racial healing through destabilization of the persistent structures of racism, and role of higher education in racial reconciliation.

The article analyzes the meeting "Cultivating a Just and Inclusive Democracy" that the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) held in collaboration with James Madison University. It is noted that with a focus on how to model civil discourse without being partisan, how to engage all students in practicing the skills of democracy, and how to build environments of meaningful engagement with differing perspectives were topics of discussion at the meeting.

The article reports that authors of "Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth" was canceled after the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum withdrew as a cohost, and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who serves on the State Preservation Board. Topics include acknowledge the contributions of Tejanos, Texans of Mexican origin, to the battle or the role of slavery in Texas independence; and legislative proposals that risk infringing on academic freedom, and whitewashing history.

The article focuses on standing up to partisan rhetoric that undermines education. Topics include the words are particularly salient in the political climate in which the expansiveness of the ideological divide has resulted in radically opposing worldviews, and the rise in polarization and partisanship has been accompanied by an increased unwillingness to curtail individual liberties.

The article report that the AAC&U released a new vision of educational excellence, What Liberal Education Looks Like: What It Is, Who It's For, and Where It Happens, which designed to guide higher education at this time of unparalleled transformation. It mentions that its a vision that details the ongoing dynamism and enduring relevance of liberal education in preparing students for work, citizenship, and life in a future none of us can fully predict.

The article focuses on the urgency of addressing the race discrimination problem in the U.S. in the mid of Black Lives Matter protests, White supremacy, and the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include the lack of diversity among college faculty and administrators and racist iconography on campuses and efforts of college presidents and chancellors to assure students and staff of their commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The article offers the concerns towards future of higher education and democracy in a post-covid-19 world. It mentions that COVID-19, social distancing, shelter-inplace orders, and local and national lockdowns would become part of daily lexicons whereas faculty, staff, students, and campus leaders across the country have demonstrated extraordinary resilience and innovation in meeting unprecedented challenges.

The article offers information on the purpose of higher education and purpose of earning a college degree. It discusses the importance in engagement in high-impact practices that provide them with opportunities to apply their knowledge and skills. It mentions the transformative power of liberal education while addressing the economic realities of higher education's unsustainable financial model.

The article offers information related to the value of liberal education in a post-truth era. It mentions about the impact of the current political climate on American higher education; and extreme moment of polarization in the U.S. history despite the backdrop of the raging Civil War. It also mentions about the criticism regarding escalating college costs, the return on investment, and campus cultures.

The author comments on educating for democracy in the U.S. at a time of increasing polarization in the country and on a scene in the finale of the fantasy drama television series "Game of Thrones," which engages in a repudiation of establishing a democracy. Topics covered include how democracy can be healthy, the understanding that is necessary for bridging cultural divide, and the role of higher education in ensuring that social justice and democracy flourishes.

The article discusses the 2019 annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) on the value of higher education. It mentions the Ness Award recognizes outstanding works that contribute to the understanding and improvement of liberal education as an evolving tradition; and also mentions the views of scholar Cathy N. Davidson, we persist in maintaining existing structures of the academy often misaligned with best practices for student learning.

The article discusses undergraduate education in the U.S. Topics include the challenge of educational quality in American undergraduate education; how American colleges and universities can prepare students to thrive in work, citizenship, and life; and the need of liberal education for the twenty-first century.

The article explores the protagonist character Naomi Roth in the satirical novel "The Devil and Webster" by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Topics include a description of Roth as Webster College's seventeenth president in the novel, her career as an activist supporting racial and social justice, and the increasing distress experienced by college presidents in the U.S. as highlighted in the novel. Also provided is an introduction to related articles published within the journal.

An introduction is presented which discusses articles within the issue on topics including restoring public trust in higher education in the U.S., liberal education, and anti-intellectualism, which were presented at the Association of American Colleges & Universities.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various issues related to the purpose of higher education in the U.S. as of January 2017 with topics including social hierarchies, the American Dream, and disillusionment with higher education.

In this article, the author discusses historian W. E. B. Du Bois, who is best known as spokesperson for African American rights and against racism. It informs Du Bois has promoted liberal education as an important ideal of educating democracy. It also discusses Bois efforts in promoting racial and social justice.

The article presents the reflections of the president of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). Topics mentioned include the privilege of introducing Jill Lepore, a Harvard historian, at an award ceremony in Washington, D.C., a letter written by poet Emily Dickinson to her cousings in May 1863, and the legacy of Carol Geary Schneider, former president of AAC&U.