Bridge Campus Divides with Campus Compact's Better Discourse Guide

Has your institution been working on programming and strategies for the upcoming academic year to ensure the dialogue on campus is inclusive and constructive? Be sure to check out Better Discourse: A Guide for Bridging Campus Divides in Challenging Times, released in July by Campus Compact, which features NCDD, along with actionable strategies with prompts for reflection, recommendations for leveraging assets, and resources for addressing pressing issues. Our NCDD member and friend, Lisa-Marie Napoli was also on their project team! Read the blog post below and learn more here. 

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Release: Better Discourse: A Guide for Bridging Campus Divides in Challenging Times

​NCDD is featured in Better Discourse: A Guide for Bridging Campus Divides in Challenging Times, a new, back-to-campus starter kit that explores how campuses can engage in inclusive, constructive dialogue—better discourse—ahead of what many expect to be an uncertain and potentially tumultuous 2024–2025 academic year.

The Guide offers pragmatic and action-oriented recommendations that can quickly implement better discourse on college and university campuses. It includes

• Prompts for reflection to help us deeply examine ourselves and our contexts, discern our paths, and find allies to advance better discourse
• Advice for asset mapping and leveraging existing campus and external resources
• References to tools, policies, and evidence-based practices tailored to a variety of campus goals
• Resources for addressing current issues, like the Israel-Palestine conflict, the 2024 U.S. election, and racial justice

The guide was developed as part of the larger Scaling Discourse in Higher Education Project that will build upon the data and work this summer to build, curate, and share resources that will assist campuses in assessing and accessing evidence-based practices and resources for better discourse.

Campus Compact is offering two introductory webinars about the Guide on August 6th and August 14th. Visit the Campus Compact website at compact.org/better-discourse to learn more and register.

The guide was written by a work group of five nationally recognized bridge-building, dialogue, and discourse experts that Campus Compact convened this summer as a response to calls from higher education leaders requesting help in preparing for the 2024–2025 academic year.

The Scaling Discourse in Higher Education and Better Discourse campus guide are supported by the generous support of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation. If you have questions about the project you can contact Laura Weaver, Special Projects Manager with Campus Compact at [email protected].
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URL: ​compact.org/resources/better-discourse-a-guide-for-bridging-campus-divides-in-challenging-times