Global Solidarity, Learning, and Action to Renew Higher Education’s Democratic and Civic Mission, is now publicly available

As part of our membership of the International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility, and Democracy we would like to share with you an important webinar on Global Solidarity, Learning, and Action to Renew Higher Education’s Democratic and Civic Mission. 

• safeguarding academic freedom and institutional autonomy as human rights;
• expressing the collective voice of higher education through associations, networks, and coalitions, inclusive of cross-sector partners;
• embedding democratic values into teaching, research, and learning;
• employing humanities and the arts as essential democratic tools;
• helping universities function as democratic institutions at all levels, including work with communities;
• moving civic engagement from the periphery to a core institutional priority;
• advancing the co-production of knowledge with community partners;
• reimagining curricula and promotion systems to recognize publicly and community engaged scholarship;
• ensuring equity, inclusion, and democratic participation, especially for immigrant and historically excluded populations;
• strengthening universities’ role as democratic anchor institutions, working with partners to address shared societal challenges in local communities;
• increasing global collaboration, rooted in shared purpose and values and aligned with democratic goals.

The session concluded by calling on universities and associations to learn together and act in solidarity — in order to advance democracy on our campuses, in our local communities, and the wider society.