ON THE WEB: Potential Resources for Interested Faculty

For the past decade, the Society for Values in Higher Education (SVHE) has advocated that colleges and universities come to understand themselves as training grounds for "deliberative democracy"--equipping students to participate effectively in democratic institutions. SVHE's "Democracy Project" was initiated in 1999 to "examine models of deliberative democracy and higher education's capacity to engage" them.

Faculty with a particular interest in aspects of religion and public life and the "difficult dialogues" that take place around them may wish to explore SVHE's web site.

Another potential resource is the Teagle Foundation. This Foundation is dedicated to "strengthening liberal education" by supporting projects that will, again, train 21st century college students to participate effectively in an open society and in democratic institutions.