this moment demands dialogue
Higher ed is in crisis—but also at a turning point. This November, The Nantucket Project is bringing together the leading voices of change: college presidents, business minds, student leaders and thoughtful outsiders.
Notable confirmed speakers include New York Times columnist Bret Stephens; Citizens and Scholars President Rajiv Vinnakota, who is convening a cohort of leading college presidents; Heterodox Academy President John Tomasi; Interfaith America Founder and President Eboo Patel; professor and author Ilana Redstone; and Courageous Conversations founders Tom Scott and Simon Greer.
Our mission is to promote a culture of pluralism on campuses. Our method is dialogue.
this moment demands dialogue
Higher ed is in crisis—but also at a turning point. This November, The Nantucket Project is bringing together the leading voices of change: college presidents, business minds, student leaders and thoughtful outsiders.
Notable confirmed speakers include New York Times columnist Bret Stephens; Citizens and Scholars President Rajiv Vinnakota, who is convening a cohort of leading college presidents; Heterodox Academy President John Tomasi; Interfaith America Founder and President Eboo Patel; professor and author Ilana Redstone; and Courageous Conversations founders Tom Scott and Simon Greer.
Our mission is to promote a culture of pluralism on campuses. Our method is dialogue.
why UNC-Chapel Hill?
With strong support from UNC–Chapel Hill, The Nantucket Project introduced its Dialogue model in spring 2025, launching a groundbreaking course: Courageous Conversations: Israel and Palestine on Campus.
Through study, skills-building, dialogue, guest speakers, and a trip to the Middle East, 26 students not only transformed their own perspectives—they helped shift the culture of the campus itself.
While the course focused on the conflict in the Middle East, its core lessons went far beyond that region. Students learned skills for navigating any difficult or controversial issue that can be applied to challenging conversations on campus, in business, and in life.
Our goal now is to share this Dialogue approach widely,
so it can take root on campuses everywhere.
To that end, we have captured all of our work on film.
Watch the trailer here:
join us
From November 18-19 at UNC-Chapel Hill, Dialogue on Dialogue will bring together a carefully chosen group of leaders dedicated to transforming the culture of higher education.
To learn more, and to request a draft agenda, please contact us here:
