http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/120419/hope By Katie Lund Graham Sustainability Institute The Graham Sustainability Institute has selected six faculty-led research projects to join with Focus: HOPE, a nationally recognized civil and human rights organization, on a Detroit community development initiative. The university-funded projects will incorporate social, economic and environmental strategies to help develop a comprehensive plan for advancing the [...]

Forum Director John Burkhardt was recently a guest of the Kettering Foundation for their 2012 Winter Retreat. The event was recently written up in Kettering’s newsletter, The Commons:

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 [...]

http://chronicle.com/article/A-Public-University-in-Georgia/130405/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Through over a decade of collaboration, the work of the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good has been deeply influenced by the mission, goals and especially the insights that we have received from the Kettering Foundation.  Through our work together we have improved our shared understanding of how community organizations, universities, and [...]

Press Release DOWNLOAD PDF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John C. Burkhardt Director, National Forum jcbforum@umich.edu (734) 615-8882 NATIONAL FORUM RECEIVES $139,188 GRANT AWARD TO STUDY IMPACT OF PRIVATE SUPPORT ON HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LATINO STUDENTS New one-year study will examine how philanthropy shapes institutional viability, academic programs, student access and degree completion in [...]

On Thursday evening, December 8, 2011, the National Forum joined the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan for the third in a three part series examining public education.  The focus of the third panel was public education for the higher good. The distinguished eight-member panel was moderated by Dr. John Burkhardt, director of the [...]

Educating for the Public Good Thursday, December 8, 7 p.m. Alumni Center (corner of Fletcher and Washington) Register at: alumni.umich.edu/get-informed/lifelong-learning/leaders-and-best-seminars This event is free and open to all current students, faculty, and staff and members of the UM Alumni Association Join us for our culminating event on Education for the Public Good!  Building on the [...]

On Thursday evening, November 17, 2011, the National Forum joined the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan for the second in a three part series examining public education.  Tonight’s focus was on higher education, and gave special consideration to the challenges and opportunities faced by institutions of public higher education in the state of [...]

On Monday, November 14 and Tuesday, November 15, the National Forum hosted visitors from the Center for Irish Programs, from the Irish Institute at Boston College.  Hosted by Robert Mauro, Ph.D., director of the Irish Institute, and Ellen Brennan, assistant director, a dozen officials from Irish institutions of higher education came for a visit to [...]