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Whitehead understood education as a process from romance to precision to generalization. Most higher education today emphasizes precision and more precision, to the neglect of romance and generalization. Marcus will speak about the importance of rethinking General Education programs within higher education institutions and how they can be the platform for addressing the wider issues of our day. Sandra will speak about a public model of wider education and the need for "communiversities," highlighting the work of Flagstaff Communiversity.

BIOGRAPHY

Marcus Ford was one of the first professors in the country to teach courses in sustainability and develop an Environmental Humanities program. Since early in his teaching career, Marcus has held that the most important thing we can learn is how to live sustainably and justly within the bounds of the natural world. He has taught sustainability studies at the undergraduate and graduate level and is an advocate for education that prepares people to actively participate in shaping their communities. He is the author of the groundbreaking book, BEYOND THE MODERN UNIVERSITY and many articles on higher education. Marcus is the co-founder of Flagstaff College/Communiversity.

Sandra Lubarsky is co-founder and president of Flagstaff College/Communiversity, offering education-for-community in Flagstaff, Arizona. She is retired from academic positions in sustainability at Appalachian State University in North Carolina and Northern Arizona University. She holds a PhD in philosophy of religion from Claremont Graduate University and is author of TOLERANCE AND TRANSFORMATION: JEWISH APPROACHES TO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM; JEWISH THEOLOGY AND PROCESS THOUGHT (co-edited); and numerous articles on religious pluralism, Jewish theology, and the intersection of aesthetics and sustainability.

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Recording Date: May 13, 2025

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