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The Center for Ethics and Education creates audio pieces to give faculty and students the tools to bridge philosophy and education. This audio is available for download and is intended for use in undergraduate and graduate education classes, and by anyone interested in ethics and education.

Ethics & Education Podcast: https://anchor.fm/ethicsandeducation


Why Mentoring Matters | Harry Brighouse and Diamond Lannaman (Higher Ed)

Why college teachers should be mentors.


Topics: Higher Education
Additional Features: Recommended Readings

Touchy Subject: Thinking Better About Sex Education | Lisa Andersen and Lauren Bialystok (Book Talk)

Why all the whispering? What should kids know about sex? And how can we think better about sex ed – so we can do better – by kids, by ourselves, and by each other? 


Topics: K-12, Book, Sex Education
Additional Features: Study Guide, Recommended Readings

Can College Level the Playing Field? | Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson (Book Talk)

Harry Brighouse and Hannah Bounds interview Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson about their book, Can College Level the Playing Field?: Higher Education in an Unequal Society (2022).


Topics: Higher Education
Additional Features: Recommended Readings

Faculty and Social Media | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, TJ Stewart, Harry Brighouse, and Jacob Fay | (Ethics in Higher Education Book Series)

This episode is about faculty using social media, hosted by Jacob Fay (Open Mind) and featuring the voices of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (University of New Hampshire), TJ Stewart (Iowa State University), and Harry Brighouse (UW-Madison).


Topics: Higher Education
Additional Features: Study Guide, Recommended Readings

HBCUs Present and Future | John Torrey, Joyce E. King, Felecia Commodore, and Corey Reed | (Ethics in Higher Education Book Series)

This episode is about the ethical dilemmas that HBCUs face, featuring the voices of host John Torrey (Buffalo State) and guests Joyce E. King (Georgia State University), Felecia Commodore (Old Dominion University), and Corey Reed (Butler University). 


Topics: Higher Education
Additional Features: Study Guide, Recommended Readings

“Divisive Concepts” | Sigal Ben-Porath and Laura Dinehart (Ethics in Higher Ed Book Series)


Topics: Case Study, Higher Education, Teaching
Additional Features: Study Guide, Recommended Readings

Trailer–Ethics in Higher Ed: Case-Based Conversations | Rebecca M. Taylor and Ashley Floyd Kuntz (Ethics in Higher Education Book Series)

Introducing a miniseries about ethical issues in higher ed. Co-produced by Rebecca Taylor (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Ashley Floyd Kuntz (Florida International University), this series is based on their new book, Ethics in Higher Education: Promoting Equity and Inclusion Through Case-Based Inquiry.
In this series, we cover “divisive concepts,” HBCUs, and faculty use of social media. We also made teaching guides for each episode, based on chapters of the book.


Topics: Book, Higher Education
Additional Features: Study Guide

The Ethics of College in Prison (Controversial Issues in Education)

Where is the contrast between the aims of American prisons and the aims of college in prison programs? This piece is about those ethical dilemmas.


Topics: Higher Education, Pedagogy
Additional Features: Recommended Readings

The Plumber Episode | Harry Brighouse and Grace Gecewicz (Teaching Better)

How do you become a better college teacher? In this episode, Harry Brighouse, a professor at UW Madison, and former UW student Grace Gecewicz discuss their experiences with bad teaching and how universities and individuals can improve that for both the teachers and the students.


Topics: Conversation, Higher Education, Pedagogy, Teaching
Additional Features: Recommended Readings

The True Costs of College | Nancy Kendall and Matthew Wolfgram (Higher Ed)

The true costs of college go way beyond simple frugality. The costs are serious, and they are often overlooked by universities. Hosted by Natnael Shiferaw, with ethnographers Nancy Kendall and Matthew Wolfgram. Part of our series on the ethics of higher education.


Topics: Higher Education
Additional Features: Recommended Readings

The Ethics of College Admissions | Joe Boeckenstedt and Harry Brighouse (Higher Ed)

How should we do college admissions? Jon Boeckenstedt, Vice Provost of Enrollment Management at Oregon State University, in conversation with Harry Brighouse.


Topics: Higher Education