This June, delegates from institutions of higher education around the world gathered at Allegheny College for the Fifth World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2022) to focus on educating the sustainability leaders of the future and on how to use community-engaged learning to train students to tackle the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The 17 UN SDGs provide a global framework to address the climate and equity crisis by exploring not only what needs to happen to make change but also how individuals, communities, countries, and public and private-sector institutions can contribute.
Character (Still) Counts: Moral Injury and the Case for Character Education
Many academic leaders remember the Character Counts! initiative from the 1990s and early 2000s. It was visible in schools and youth programs nationwide, emphasizing as core values the Six Pillars
Teresa Maggard Stephens
June 15, 2026
