Bringing Theory to Practice
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Official page of Bringing Theory to Practice, a community to advance transformative change in higher education to catalyze equitable, engaged, and holistic practices. This national initiative is based at Elon University.
In her most recent article for The Philadelphia Citizen, BT2P friend and colleague Elaine Maimon reminds readers of the special role liberal arts colleges play in education for a full life.
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College Prepares for Meaningful Life and Responsible Citizenship
A longtime university president reminds us that “career” means a life-path integrating work and meaning in the wider world
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December 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In her most recent article for The Philadelphia Citizen, BT2P friend and colleague Elaine Maimon reminds readers of the special role liberal arts colleges play in education for a full life.
thephiladelphiacitizen.org/college-path...
thephiladelphiacitizen.org/college-path...
In the new issue of Bringing It, BT2P Director David Scobey asks what an authentic compact for academic excellence, one that reflects our work of positive change, might look like--and offers a sketch of the mutual commitments such a compact may include.
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bttop.org/bringing-it-...
Bringing It #144: Saying No to the Trump Compact—And Offering Our Own - Bringing Theory to Practice
Learn about our growing changemakers network, practical insights on institutional change, and defending higher education now.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In the new issue of Bringing It, BT2P Director David Scobey asks what an authentic compact for academic excellence, one that reflects our work of positive change, might look like--and offers a sketch of the mutual commitments such a compact may include.
bttop.org/bringing-it-...
bttop.org/bringing-it-...
Our friends at Campus Compact have launched the Up to Us Leadership Network, a six-month program for undergraduates that is designed to develop the next generation of civic leaders through fiscal policy and civic engagement education. Find more info and apply here: compact.org/current-prog...
Up to Us Leadership Network civic leaders cohort
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October 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our friends at Campus Compact have launched the Up to Us Leadership Network, a six-month program for undergraduates that is designed to develop the next generation of civic leaders through fiscal policy and civic engagement education. Find more info and apply here: compact.org/current-prog...
In the new issue of Bringing It, BT2P Associate Director Paul Schadewald reflects on the work and impact of Imagining America. The IA consortium has strengthened and promoted public scholarship, cultural organizing, and campus change for over 25 years. bttop.org/bringing-it-...
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In the new issue of Bringing It, BT2P Associate Director Paul Schadewald reflects on the work and impact of Imagining America. The IA consortium has strengthened and promoted public scholarship, cultural organizing, and campus change for over 25 years. bttop.org/bringing-it-...
BT2P friend Elaine Maimon's most recent article for The Philadelphia Citizen laments the College Board's decision to remove an important, "race-neutral" tool used by college admissions to "better understand a student's context for opportunity." thephiladelphiacitizen.org/tyranny-coll...
Tyranny Wins in College Admissions
The College Board just cancelled Landscape, a tool that helped universities like Swarthmore and Haverford admit more low-income students
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September 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
BT2P friend Elaine Maimon's most recent article for The Philadelphia Citizen laments the College Board's decision to remove an important, "race-neutral" tool used by college admissions to "better understand a student's context for opportunity." thephiladelphiacitizen.org/tyranny-coll...
Our friends at Project Pericles invite faculty and staff from Periclean institutions to apply for $7,500 campus grants for Spring 2026 to create civic narrative change by empowering student storytelling. Applications are due November 10, 2025.
www.projectpericles.org/civic-story-...
www.projectpericles.org/civic-story-...
Civic Story Lab Student Fellowship
The Civic Story Lab is a new initiative designed to empower undergraduate students to document and participate in civic transformation through hands-on engagement and storytelling. Fellows will...
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September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Our friends at Project Pericles invite faculty and staff from Periclean institutions to apply for $7,500 campus grants for Spring 2026 to create civic narrative change by empowering student storytelling. Applications are due November 10, 2025.
www.projectpericles.org/civic-story-...
www.projectpericles.org/civic-story-...
Our friends at the Modern Language Association are offering step grants of up to $10,000 as part of its MLA Pathways: Recruitment, Retention, and Career Readiness initiative. The application deadline is October 29.
Learn more and apply here: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Learn more and apply here: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
MLA Pathways Step Grants
Step grants of up to $10,000 to support faculty members or teams developing ways to improve the recruitment, retention, or career readiness of undergraduate students.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Our friends at the Modern Language Association are offering step grants of up to $10,000 as part of its MLA Pathways: Recruitment, Retention, and Career Readiness initiative. The application deadline is October 29.
Learn more and apply here: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Learn more and apply here: www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Our Fall Reading List issue is here! Check out book recommendations from BT2P staff and colleagues, including nonfiction, fiction, memoir and poetry. Find this and past issues at the link in our profile.
September 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Our Fall Reading List issue is here! Check out book recommendations from BT2P staff and colleagues, including nonfiction, fiction, memoir and poetry. Find this and past issues at the link in our profile.
Futurist, writer, and BT2P colleague @edufuturist.bsky.social Alexander has written extensively on AI. He recently started gathering his essays on Teaching in AI. Learn more about the current issues and potential futures of AI and academia here: aiandacademia.substack.com/t/teachingwi...
AI, academia, and the Future | Substack
Exploring where emerging AI might take colleges and universities, and everyone else. Click to read AI, academia, and the Future, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Futurist, writer, and BT2P colleague @edufuturist.bsky.social Alexander has written extensively on AI. He recently started gathering his essays on Teaching in AI. Learn more about the current issues and potential futures of AI and academia here: aiandacademia.substack.com/t/teachingwi...
Our friends at Project Pericles are offering mini-grants of $1000 to faculty & staff for projects to develop students' civic agency and civic learning Applications are reviewed and awarded until funds run out. The priority deadline is Oct 3, 2025. www.projectpericles.org/fellowship.h...
September 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Our friends at Project Pericles are offering mini-grants of $1000 to faculty & staff for projects to develop students' civic agency and civic learning Applications are reviewed and awarded until funds run out. The priority deadline is Oct 3, 2025. www.projectpericles.org/fellowship.h...
Members of BT2P's Paradigm Working Group guide our work. Thank you. Pictured: Tim Eatman, David Scobey, Adam Bush, Elaine Maimon, Jillian Lea, Tessa Hicks Peterson, Peter Felten, Bryan Alexander, Pascale Charlot, Marina Kim, Paul Schadewald, and Randy Bass. Not pictured: Buffie Longmire-Avital.
September 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Members of BT2P's Paradigm Working Group guide our work. Thank you. Pictured: Tim Eatman, David Scobey, Adam Bush, Elaine Maimon, Jillian Lea, Tessa Hicks Peterson, Peter Felten, Bryan Alexander, Pascale Charlot, Marina Kim, Paul Schadewald, and Randy Bass. Not pictured: Buffie Longmire-Avital.
In this week's article for the @thephiladelphiacitizen, BT2P colleague and former university president Elaine Maimon calls out the Trump administration for recent actions that impact voting access and student loan forgiveness. thephiladelphiacitizen.org/partisanship...
Partisanship Has No Place in College Loans
President Trump is rescinding loan forgiveness for people who he thinks flout his politics. Elaine Maimon cries foul
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August 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In this week's article for the @thephiladelphiacitizen, BT2P colleague and former university president Elaine Maimon calls out the Trump administration for recent actions that impact voting access and student loan forgiveness. thephiladelphiacitizen.org/partisanship...
On Thursday, August 28, futurist and scholar Bryan Alexander hosts a new episode of The Future Trends Forum. Learn more and register here: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
On Thursday, August 28, futurist and scholar Bryan Alexander hosts a new episode of The Future Trends Forum. Learn more and register here: georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Last month, PEN America published an overview of legislative actions taken across the US that restrict higher education. More than 70 bills and policies across 26 states have been introduced to censor higher education. Learn more: pen.org/with-a-wave-...
Wave of New State Bills in 2025 Cast a Web of Control over Higher Education
Lawmakers have passed a stunning wave of educational gag orders that directly censor higher ed teaching, as well as laws that target tenure and traditional faculty governance, intervene in how academi...
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August 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Last month, PEN America published an overview of legislative actions taken across the US that restrict higher education. More than 70 bills and policies across 26 states have been introduced to censor higher education. Learn more: pen.org/with-a-wave-...
The newest issue of Bringing It is here! In this week's newsletter, we feature an essay from our Director, David Scobey, offering thoughts and perspective on the current crises and changes in the higher ed landscape.
Read this and past issues at the link in our bio.
Read this and past issues at the link in our bio.
August 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The newest issue of Bringing It is here! In this week's newsletter, we feature an essay from our Director, David Scobey, offering thoughts and perspective on the current crises and changes in the higher ed landscape.
Read this and past issues at the link in our bio.
Read this and past issues at the link in our bio.
Registration is open for the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)'s second annual Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS). Proposals are being accepted through September 26th.
Find more info here: www.aacu.org/event/class-...
Find more info here: www.aacu.org/event/class-...
Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS) | AAC&U
A VOICE AND A FORCE FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION. AAC&U advances the vitality and democratic purposes of undergraduate liberal education.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Registration is open for the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)'s second annual Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS). Proposals are being accepted through September 26th.
Find more info here: www.aacu.org/event/class-...
Find more info here: www.aacu.org/event/class-...
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) is accepting proposals for roundtable sessions on "hot topics, timely conversations" at their upcoming conference.
Apply here: cumuonline.org/cumu-annual-...
Apply here: cumuonline.org/cumu-annual-...
Call for Proposals
The CUMU Conference call for proposals opens each January. Submit your work for the CUMU Conference and share your work with higher education leaders.
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August 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) is accepting proposals for roundtable sessions on "hot topics, timely conversations" at their upcoming conference.
Apply here: cumuonline.org/cumu-annual-...
Apply here: cumuonline.org/cumu-annual-...
In today's article for the Philadelphia Citizen, our friend and colleague Elains Maimon calls on higher ed institutions to band together to protect every citizen's right to higher education.
Read the full article here: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/higher-ed-un...
Read the full article here: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/higher-ed-un...
Local Colleges and Universities: Unite to Protect Higher Ed
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania colleges should follow the lead of UCLA and the Big Ten: Unite to fight attacks on higher ed
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August 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In today's article for the Philadelphia Citizen, our friend and colleague Elains Maimon calls on higher ed institutions to band together to protect every citizen's right to higher education.
Read the full article here: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/higher-ed-un...
Read the full article here: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/higher-ed-un...
This is a moment from the recent gathering of our emerging models community of practice leaders in Providence, RI, when we shared stories of moments that connected us. Research has proven that relationships are powerful drivers of success in both college and professional life.
August 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is a moment from the recent gathering of our emerging models community of practice leaders in Providence, RI, when we shared stories of moments that connected us. Research has proven that relationships are powerful drivers of success in both college and professional life.
In this issue of Bringing It, we showcase the storytelling practices at College Unbound (CU), one of the schools in our emerging models community of practice. CU's Institutional Storyteller, Amanda Esons, shares their methods here: bttop.org/bringing-it-...
August 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In this issue of Bringing It, we showcase the storytelling practices at College Unbound (CU), one of the schools in our emerging models community of practice. CU's Institutional Storyteller, Amanda Esons, shares their methods here: bttop.org/bringing-it-...
Our friends at Imagining America have a new podcast: Gathering Whispers! In the first episode, they talk with Citlali Delgado, visual artist for the 2025 IA National Gathering, about her art practice and the Paso del Norte community where she grew up. Listen: imaginingamerica.org/ep1-a-conver...
EP1: A Conversation with Citlali Delgado, Visual Artist - Imagining America
In the first episode of Gathering Whispers, we talk to Citlali Delgado, visual artist for the 2025 IA National Gathering, who introduces us to her community, her art practice, and the Paso del Norte r...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Our friends at Imagining America have a new podcast: Gathering Whispers! In the first episode, they talk with Citlali Delgado, visual artist for the 2025 IA National Gathering, about her art practice and the Paso del Norte community where she grew up. Listen: imaginingamerica.org/ep1-a-conver...
In this week's issue of our newsletter, Bringing It, we spotlight the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition (CLDE), highlighting their major initiatives and a big announcement!
Find this and past issues of Bringing It at the link in our bio.
Find this and past issues of Bringing It at the link in our bio.
July 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In this week's issue of our newsletter, Bringing It, we spotlight the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition (CLDE), highlighting their major initiatives and a big announcement!
Find this and past issues of Bringing It at the link in our bio.
Find this and past issues of Bringing It at the link in our bio.
We are pleased to share this piece of writing by our friend and colleague, Ijeoma Njaka. Ijeoma is a 2025 London School of Economics Higher Education Blog fellow--keep an eye out for more of her posts!
Read the full post here: bit.ly/4lAmc1r
Read the full post here: bit.ly/4lAmc1r
Radical imagination: not just for the radical among us - LSE Higher Education
From campus facility plans to humble textbooks, subverting the status quo can happen in the most unlikely places, says LSE HE Blog Fellow, Ijeoma N Njaka It may seem unlikely, but around 2017, somethi...
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July 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We are pleased to share this piece of writing by our friend and colleague, Ijeoma Njaka. Ijeoma is a 2025 London School of Economics Higher Education Blog fellow--keep an eye out for more of her posts!
Read the full post here: bit.ly/4lAmc1r
Read the full post here: bit.ly/4lAmc1r
BT2P friend and colleague Elaine Maimon urges citizens to call Congress in her newest article for The Philadelphia Citizen. Make your voice heard! Contact Congress here: bit.ly/3TDdmUh
Read Elaine's full article here: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/rescissions-...
Read Elaine's full article here: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/rescissions-...
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
BT2P friend and colleague Elaine Maimon urges citizens to call Congress in her newest article for The Philadelphia Citizen. Make your voice heard! Contact Congress here: bit.ly/3TDdmUh
Read Elaine's full article here: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/rescissions-...
Read Elaine's full article here: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/rescissions-...
Changemakers network members Meg Konkel, Patrice Ludwig, and Bob Kolvoord pose with BT2P Director David Scobey after their signature session, The Changemakers Network: Bringing Theory to Practice's Strategy for Movement Building. Visit the link in our bio to learn more about our work!
July 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Changemakers network members Meg Konkel, Patrice Ludwig, and Bob Kolvoord pose with BT2P Director David Scobey after their signature session, The Changemakers Network: Bringing Theory to Practice's Strategy for Movement Building. Visit the link in our bio to learn more about our work!