INDIANAPOLIS - The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University will host 16 top scholars from across the nation from Tuesday, June 19 through June 29 as they study how to integrate philanthropy teaching and research into the liberal arts curricula at their colleges and universities.
The Philanthropy and Liberal Education Seminar offered by the Center is the first nationwide seminar that will inform participants about what Philanthropic Studies is and how it might be part of a liberal education.
The seminar also will be a chance for scholars to build a broad network across the country for exchange of information. Colleges and universities that have faculty members participating include Emory University, Boston University, University of South Carolina, Rutgers University, Oregon State University, Grand Valley State University, University of Missouri, Alma College (Mich.), University of Texas San Antonio, Coppin State College, University of the District of Columbia, Trinity College (Conn.), and Riga Stradina University (Latvia).
The Center, a pioneer in the development of Philanthropic Studies nationally and internationally, has distinguished itself by grounding its teaching and research in philanthropy in the liberal arts, complemented by the expertise of professional schools including business, education, law, journalism, public affairs, social work, medicine and nursing.
The Center's Philanthropic Studies course outlines have been shared by request with more than 1,700 colleges and universities. Today, the Center has more than 60 Philanthropic Studies faculty members in 21 disciplines. Many are considered by their peers to be among the leading experts in their fields.
"The Center and Indiana University have been leaders at incorporating the philanthropic tradition into liberal arts education," said Dwight F. Burlingame, associate executive director and director of academic programs at the Center on Philanthropy. "We hope our higher education colleagues will recognize our model's success in establishing their own programs."
Conducting the seminar will be Burlingame and David Hammack, Hiram C. Haydn History Professor at Case Western Reserve University, both leading figures in the philanthropic studies field.
"We at the Center are continuing to build this multidisciplinary field called Philanthropic Studies," said Eugene R. Tempel, executive director of the Center on Philanthropy. "We hope these scholars will take with them the knowledge necessary to begin developing similar programs at their colleges and universities. We also look forward to creating new relationships with these other institutions as the Center strives to increase the understanding of philanthropy throughout the country and the world."
Participants for the seminar, which was funded by an anonymous donor, were selected for their commitment to liberal education and an interest in the scholarship of philanthropy. The idea originated with Robert L. Payton, professor emeritus of Philanthropic Studies and former Center director, as the Center discussed ways to disseminate its model of teaching philanthropy through the liberal arts to other colleges and universities.
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