2007 Dialogues in Democracy:
Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
Higher Education in Ohio
Saturday, October 20th
8 am - 3 pm
113 Olscamp Hall, BGSU |
WBGU-PBS and Bowling Green State University (BGSU) are one of 11 community sites across the country selected to host “By The People 2007 Dialogues in Democracy.” |
A public non-partisan discussion on the future of “Higher Education in Ohio” was held on Saturday, October 20, at BGSU. In additon, a concurrent forum was also held at Kent State University (KSU), in conjunction with WVIZ, Cleveland.
Segments were recorded from both of the BGSU & KSU events and will be featured in PBS' “By The People” (BTP) broadcast anchored by Jim Lehrer,
scheduled to air sometime in January 2008.
This PBS MacNeil-Lehrer Productions BTP
project is designed to reinforce the need for civic
engagement and remind citizens that the
American experience is built on their shared
ownership of the democratic values of
the founders. |
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 Background information was presented to participants, who took part in small-group and plenary discussions on the value and mission of higher education in Ohio.
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Schedule of Events
Saturday, October 20th
Olscamp Hall - Room 113
Bowling Green State University
BGSU Campus map
8 - 9 am
9 - 9:30 am
9:30 - Noon
Noon - 1 pm
1 - 2:30 pm
2:30 - 3 pm |
Registration and Refreshments
Orientation for the Day
Small group Moderated Discussions
Lunch Break (Informal Discussions)
Citizen & Policy Maker Discussion
Wrap-up and Homeward Bound |
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is partnering with BTP on the “Dialogues in Democracy” project to promote greater public ownership and civic engagement with the critical issues of our times, rallied together under the theme “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
The discussions will culminate in a national town hall meeting at the historic House of Burgesses in Colonial Williamsburg, to be broadcast on PBS. The town hall meeting, hosted by Jim Lehrer, will convene for four days and will bring together a diverse group of influential Americans who will offer their views on America in the
21st Century.
This is the second time WBGU-PBS has been selected as a “By The People” project site. In 2005, WBGU-PBS was selected to convened citizen deliberations on healthcare in Defiance, Findlay, Lima, Fremont and
Bowling Green.
This national exercise in civic engagement is organized by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions’ By the People group, in partnership with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ongoing BTP project funding partners include the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
For more information on PBS' "By The People" project click here ...
 View the By The People: Higher Education PowerPoint (downloads onto desktop)
View Higher Education's Potential Issues
View our By The People poster.
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