Presenter: Dr. Renee T. White, Provost, Wheaton College
The Norton Institute for Continuing Education (NICE) announces its fourth and final open??lecture of the 2016 – 2017 academic year. This presentation will be held in the Hindle Auditorium on the Wheaton College Campus, 26 East Main Street, Norton, Massachusetts,??and??is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required.
The Third Annual Professor Grace Baron (Co-founder of NICE) Memorial Lecture????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Democracy, Diversity, and Higher Education at Liberal Arts Colleges
Presenter: Dr. Renee T. White, Provost, Wheaton College
Wednesday, June ??7, 2017
1:30 -3:00 pm
Wheaton College Hindle Auditorium Science
There are many reasons why students’ experiences at liberal arts colleges are distinct from other institutions in higher education. We give students the tools to function in a rapidly changing world.
Our interdisciplinary scholarship and problems-based learning make our students facile, nimble, integrative thinkers and doers. Beyond that, our students learn to be civic-minded.
Therefore, leaders in higher education must argue for a broader understanding of diversity and globalization, must show how higher education contributes to democratic practice, and explain why civic engagement is tied to a competitive and employable workforce.
We will discuss how and why liberal arts institutions play a unique role in civic engagement and democratic practice by also exploring ongoing work supported by a partnership between the Council of Europe and the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Dr. Renee T. White has been the Provost of Wheaton College since April 2016. Dr. White holds an AB from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University.??
??NICE Annual Meeting will be immediately after the lecture. Those staying for the meeting will be eligible to win a certificate for a free NICE course.
Please bring no food or drink into the auditorium.????????????????????
NICE, a non-profit affiliate of the??Road Scholar??(formerly named Elderhostel) Institute Network??and a collaborative effort of Wheaton College and Wingate Assisted Living of Norton, provides non-credit nominally-priced college-level liberal arts courses and free lectures for over-55 year-olds living primarily in the Norton,??Attleboro, Mansfield, Sharon, Foxboro,??Taunton,??Stoughton, Easton, and Canton areas.
For complete details of the lecture plus other information, please consult the NICE web site at??www.nicecourse.org