Archives: Video Post

On April 27, 2021, Johann Neem, professor of history at Western Washington University and author of several books on education discussed the purpose of colleges and universities: “What’s the Point of College?”

On April 20, 2021, University of Michigan sociology professor Erin Cech discussed “the passion principle” and inequality in the workplace: “Does telling students to pursue their passion foster inequality?”

On April 13, 2021, James Arthur, Professor and Founding Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, discussed contextualizing virtues in education: “How does the Jubilee Centre Contextualize Character Virtues?”

On April 6, 2021 Father Greg Boyle, Founder of Homeboy Industries and author of Tattoos on the Heart, discussed kinship and community: “What Does Kinship have to do with Good Work?”

On March 30, 2021Francis Su, Professor of Mathematics and author of Mathematics for Human Flourishing, discussed how studying math can cultivate character and flourishing: “What Does Math have to do with Character?”

“What is the Moral Responsibility of Engineers?” – On March 23, 2021, Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard Business School Professor and author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, discussed moral responsibility in the digital age.

“What Makes a Good Doctor?” – On March 16, Dr. Rana Awdish, physician and author of In Shock discussed medicine and rethinking how we train doctors as part of the series Reimagining Education: Conversations on Character, Commitment & Community.

“Why Does Higher Education Struggle with its Commitment to Equity?” – On March 9, 2021, Anthony Jack, Harvard Professor of Education and author of The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students discussed equity and higher education.

“Purpose and Character in Higher Education”– On February 3, 2021, Wake Forest University President Nathan Hatch, author and former Morehouse College President Robert Franklin, Jr., and Bates College President Clayton Spencer discussed the current state of higher education and their involvement in initiatives to make issues of purpose and character central to education.

On January 20, 2021, Virtues & Vocations hosted a meeting on character in medicine with Joseph Jackson, MD (Associate Dean in the Duke University School of Medicine and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics) in conversation with Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR (Professor of Medicine and Director, Columbia Center for Medical Ethics), Reeni Abraham, MD […]