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2. Difficult Conversations, Honors Education, and the Public Sphere

Tara Williams, Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University As educators, we are working within a highly polarized political context and an increasingly complicated global environment. The public is expressing decreasing confidence in the value of higher education, and alumni, donors, legislators, and others are looking closely at—and sometimes seeking to influence or regulate in new ways—what universities teach and how they operate.

1. Food for Thought: Expanding Perspective

Adam Williamson

Weaving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging into the Fabric of Honors

Marta Esquilin, Associate Dean, Honors Living-Learning Community, Rutgers University-NewarkBess German, Assistant Dean, Michigan State University Honors CollegeXochitl Delgado Solorzano, Assistant Dean, University of Arkansas Honors College

Is there Honor in Debate?: An Exploration of Competitive Debate Programs Being Housed Inside Honors Colleges

Rob Glass, Director of Debate, University of Houston Honors College

Making Honors More Permeable

Andrea Radasanu, Northern Illinois University

Positioning Honors Colleges as Campus Leaders in the Work of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Richard Badenhausen, Dean, Westminster University Honors CollegeDr. Tara Tuttle, former Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of Kentucky Lewis Honors CollegeSusan Dinan, Dean, Adelphi University Honors CollegeJason Hilton, Director, Slippery Rock University Honors College