Mark Dalhouse and Ari Miller: The Groundwork of Campus Civil Discourse

Published: July 16, 2024, 3:31 p.m.

ACTA\u2019s\xa0College Debates and Discourse (CD&D) Alliance\xa0has launched more than 300 Braver Angels debates and workshops, engaging 11,000 students at colleges and universities across the nation. CD&D employs a highly collaborative approach that engages students and faculty to lead civil debates on controversial topics. In this episode of Higher Ed Now, CD&D Program Director\xa0Doug Sprei\xa0interviews professor Mark Dalhouse and student Ari Miller, who are leading CD&D programming at Duke University in conjunction with ACTA\u2019s two-year research project funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Professor Dalhouse and Ms. Miller share what motivated them to become involved in promoting civil discourse on Duke\u2019s campus.