What are the possibilities for small group facilitated discussions in the work of the student government? The Student Government Association (SGA) of West Virginia University invited IF Fellows Natalie Hopkinson and Jeff Prudhomme to help them explore these...
What roles do sports play in our society? What roles do we want them to play? Who should have access to sports opportunities? Why might we think of sports as a matter of public concern? What are different ways to shape our sports policy to meet our public goals for...
What are the key questions or concerns we face with the future of higher education? What are different ways to address those concerns? These sorts of questions were a key part of IF’s 2012 discussion guide on The Future of Higher Education. Facilitated by Tim...
By: Melanie Doherty, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and Faculty Diversity Liaison, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA With guidance from a pair of campus co-directors and the support of the Interactivity Foundation (IF), a team of six student facilitators kicked off...
What are the possibilities for student-facilitated discussions outside the classroom to bridge campus divides and foster inclusivity on campus? How could we continue to learn from each other about possibilities for such student-centered discussion experiences? At...
What can we do to revive civility in our public and political discourse? The National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD) is aiming for the top. Their Board has issued a Joint Statement calling on our national political leaders to revive civility. It reads in...
We hope you will join with the Interactivity Foundation (IF) at the national conference of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD). The Interactivity Foundation is a Co-Sponsor of this year’s meeting in the Boston metro area on October 14-16....
--Jeff Prudhomme When the Rio summer Olympics roll around in August, billions of viewers around the world will be glued to screens, cheering on some of the world’s greatest athletes. Many of us will root for our nation’s athletes, hoping to see more Gold Medals for...
By Jeff Prudhomme What are different ways to imagine the future of college sports? What could be different ways of organizing college athletics? Those were the key questions that animated a workshop led by IF Vice President and Fellow Jeff Prudhomme at Drexel...
Wesleyan has entered into a dual-degree program with Guangzhou (GU), which will bring a group of GU students to Wesleyan each year. This experience is supposed to replicate the experience of a Wesleyan education for the exchange students. The Wesleyan faculty...
