Ford Foundation Grant To Fund The Difficult Dialogues Initiative

Provost and Executive Vice President Susan Herbst announces that the Ford Foundation has selected the University at Albany to receive a grant to fund the Difficult Dialogues Initiative. The University is one of 43 campuses selected from among 675 applicants in a national competition. The initiative seeks to nurture the discussion of difficult subjects in an exciting and civil manner, creating global citizens of the future. "Difficult Dialogues was created in response to reports of intolerance at institutions of higher education, with 'the goal ... to help institutions address this challenge through academic and campus programs that enrich learning, encourage new scholarship and engage students and faculty in constructive dialogue about contentious political, religious, racial and cultural issues.'" The initiative will be administered by the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, housed at the University's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, in collaboration with Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Sue Faerman.

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"Ford Foundation Grant Launches Difficult Dialogue Campus Initiative,"Update, April 7, 2006, p. 1; News release, "New Initiative Fosters Discussion on Difficult Issues," May 5, 2006, UAlbany News Archive, Office of Communications and Marketing