2014 Doyle Symposium: Engaging Difference to Make a Difference

April 15, 2014
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Robert and Bernice Wagner Alumni House Map

Core goals of a Georgetown education are to be able to demonstrate openness toward positions and experiences that are different from one's own; to understand that no perspective is unbiased; and to evaluate and articulate the ways in which one's own life experiences shape their participation in the world. How might the university revise the core curriculum so that students engage diversity with intellectual depth and rigor? Are there ways in which the curriculum and co-curriculum might be integrated to bring about such engagement?

Provost Bob Groves, Vice Provost Randy Bass, faculty, students, and alumni discussed these and related questions as part of the 2014 Doyle Symposium. The conversation built on the 2013 symposium about the Jesuit roots of Georgetown’s educational program and was in response to ongoing conversations about diversity and attention to diversity on campus. Participants proposed and considered strategies for ensuring that students encounter different experiences and perspectives within the Georgetown community and in the world beyond the Hilltop.

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2014 Doyle Symposium: Engaging Difference to Make a Difference

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About Randall Bass

Randall (Randy) Bass is the vice president for strategic education initiatives and professor of English at Georgetown University. He previously served as vice provost for education and founding executive director of Georgetown’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship; he also taught a class supported through the Berkley Center's Doyle Seminars project. He holds a Ph.D. from Brown University.

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About Robert M. Groves

Robert M. Groves is the provost of Georgetown University, as well as Gerard Campbell Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Department of Sociology. His scholarly work focuses on the impact of social cognitive and behavioral influences on the quality of statistical information. Before joining Georgetown in August 2012, Groves was director of the US Census Bureau. He previously was the director of the University of Michigan Survey Research Center, professor of sociology, and research professor at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland. Groves holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College and two M.A. degrees and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

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