The Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center is dedicated to promoting civic engagement, academic freedom and pluralism in higher education. The Center seeks to foster constructive dialogue about some of society’s most contentious issues, including: race, religion, sexual orientation, and conflicts in the Middle East. We provide training and other resources to enable faculty, staff and students to more effectively address these issues in the classroom and across the campus.
Our Mission:
To strengthen a democratically engaged society, we seek to advance innovative practices in higher education that promote respectful, transformative dialogue on controversial topics and complex social issues, thereby reflecting a commitment to pluralism and academic freedom.