Colorado State Joins Air Force As Only Recognized 'character- Building' Universities In The State In Recent Foundation Honor
Wednesday, October 1, 1997
FORT COLLINS--Colorado State University yesterday (Sept. 24)
was named one of 134 character-building colleges and universities
in the country by the John Templeton Foundation, joining the Air
Force Academy as the only other institution in Colorado singled
out for the honor.
The John Templeton Foundation announced the 1997-98 Honor
Roll for Character-Building Colleges during a luncheon attended
by more than 300 people in Washington, D.C. Attendees included
members of the U.S. House of Representatives, college and
university presidents and higher education policy and research
leaders. Included with Colorado State in the honor roll are such
institutions as Brown University, Notre Dame, Bethune-Cookman,
Penn State, Oklahoma, Wake Forest, Florida State and Yale.
"Effective character education encourages young people to
develop the virtues, integrity and ideals of service so vital to
our society," said Dr. John Templeton Jr., president of the John
Templeton Foundation in a release tied to the announcement. "The
Honor Roll colleges and universities actively affirm and uphold
character education initiatives essential to the mission of
higher education, inspiring students to lead ethical and
civic-minded lives."
The foundation also released a special reference guidebook,
which is distributed free of charge to 24,000 high school
principals and guidance counselors, 16,000 public libraries and
10,000 youth workers around the country. The free guidebook can
be ordered by calling 800-245-1285. The book also is available
on the Internet at http://www.templeton.org.
"We're very pleased to be among the leaders in higher
education, and gratified to be counted among those institutions
that place importance on character development as a major part of
the educational experience," said Keith Miser, vice president for
Student Affairs at Colorado State. Miser was in Washington this
week to receive the honor for the university.
Colorado State submitted materials addressing five selection
criteria in essay form along with a 200-word summary statement
confirming the university's commitment to character building. The
criteria for inclusion in the honor roll are designed to evaluate
the extent to which an institution meets the following goals:
inspires students to develop and strengthen their moral reasoning
skills, encourages spiritual growth and moral values, provides
community-building experiences, advocates a drug-free lifestyle
and conducts a critical assessment of character-building programs
and activities.
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