By Margaret Brower I have only worked at the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good for two semesters now, and yet I have learned so much.  Last week’s webinar, “Broadening Access for Undocumented Students: Federal Policy Implications for Higher Education Professionals,” has become one of many benchmarks undergirding my personal growth, our [...]

By Kyle Southern Two weeks ago, my colleague from the National Forum, Kim Reyes, and Dr. Cassie Barnhardt—a graduate of the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education here at Michigan, former National Forum team member, and current assistant professor at the University of Iowa—joined me at the annual conference of NASPA – [...]

By Gina Gallagher  Last fall, in EDUC 769, my classmates and I were able to experience a unique and powerful lesson in philanthropy. Thanks to the gift of a generous donor, we were able to give $100,000 worth of grants to two very worthy non-profits. We were so enthused by the project that a few [...]

In partnership with the National Issues Forums (NIF) and the Kettering Foundation, the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan is hosting a training session based on the national deliberative dialogue model supported by the Kettering Foundation, entitled “Shaping Our Future: How Should Higher Education help Us Create [...]

By Esmeralda Hernandez The Community Engagement Team here at the National Forum is partnering with Focus HOPE on a project to promote dialogues around the topic of higher education in the HOPE Village community.  The project, funded by the Graham Institute, will involve a method called Community-Based Participatory Action Research (PAR).  PAR involves identifying those who [...]

By Lara Kovacheff Badke, PhD What’s your image of Detroit?  Is it of the city’s revitalization?  Does the word ‘Detroit’ conjure up impressions of urban energy, young creative talent, a vibrant riverfront, and trendy neighborhoods?  If it doesn’t, your image of Detroit might be outdated.  Or it might be based on negative and inaccurate portrayals [...]

In spring of 2012, the National Forum was invited to partner with Focus: HOPE to create a research project about education attainment and culture in the community.  Focus: HOPE is a civil rights organization founded in 1968 that serves the community in the HOPE Village neighborhood of Detroit.  For over forty years, Focus: HOPE has [...]

We are a people of the story.  As long as humans have been being, we have used stories to communicate our history, our experiences, and our hopes and dreams.  From cave drawings to the Jewish oral tradition to 140-character tweets — homo sapiens has always been fascinated by the power of story. It is not [...]

Researcher Spotlight: Kai-lynn Rim (Editor’s note: Because of the National Forum’s long-term commitment to collaborating with the residents of the Brightmoor neighborhood, and owing to the distinctively action-oriented nature of our research in the community, Jana has decided to frame this article as a narrative.  Hopefully this captures not only the considerable accomplishments of the [...]

Jenny Small, alum of the CSHPE and a Forum Legendary Musician published a book exploring college students’ spiritual identities.  Congrats, Jenny, for this important contribution to the field! Information for her new book can be found here. This book provides a long overdue alternative to current literatures about the religious and spiritual lives of college students with [...]