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Clark University

When Randolph-Macon Woman's College went coed in response to financial pressures, the college community became deeply divided. How did the Public Conversations Project help students, board members, faculty, and administration cope with multiple challenges, rebuild trust, strengthen relationships, and become more inclusive? Click here to find out.
College and university communities face complex internal and external issues: Addressing diversity. Campus politics. Religious tolerance. Competition for resources. Activism around current affairs.

The Public Conversations Project assists universities and colleges to  plan and convene successful dialogues for these types of high-stakes, contentious issues. By teaching proven dialogue and communication skills, PCP inspires and equips students (future leaders) to create collaborative environments in their fields of work, their communities, and the world at large.

The Public Conversations Project contributes to the academic world in a variety of ways:
  • Designing customized training in facilitation, dialogue, and meeting design
  • Facilitating dialogue about difficult issues on campus
  • Consulting to boards, staff, and faculty
  • Providing seminars, presentations, and workshops

The Public Conversations Project is a member of the Democracy Imperative, a national organization that aims to advance deliberative democracy in and through higher education.

 

Colleges and universities that have benefitted from PCP's services include:

American University
Brandeis University
Claremont-McKenna College
Columbia University
Fielding Graduate University
Gainesville State University
Georgia State University, School of Law
Gordon College
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education                             Harvard University, Law School, Program on Negotiation

Hebrew College
Pacifica Graduate University
Princeton University
Raritan Valley Community College
Southern Methodist University
Temple University
University of Washington, School of Law
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Wheaton College
Wesleyan University