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Developing the Whole Person

A hub for Formative Education

The Lynch School launched a Department of Formative Education, the first of its kind in American higher education.

Educating for wholeness and purpose

Three senior faculty members edited a special issue of *ECNU Review of Education* to assess the emergence and exploration of well-being.

Formative education thriving at Boston College

Efforts to promote and support a formative experience for students persevere—and flourish, survey shows.

First-ever formative education conference

'Mapping the Terrain' conference sets stage for solidifying Boston College's leadership in the field.

Formative education

Formative education encourages young people to explore different dimensions of intellectual, emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual development, challenging them to work toward fulfillment and more ideal selves and societies.

"True North" discernment app a hit

Resource developed by a Lynch School team helps students find pathways to purpose.

How can we educate whole human beings?

The challenges of measuring meaning and purpose

In a first-of-its-kind interactive workshop, scholars from a range of disciplines discussed strategies for measuring the impact of undergraduate education on students' personal growth.

City Connects supports whole-child approach

National Catholic Reporter details Lynch School program focused on student success

Video: Whole Child, Whole Person Summit

Boston College researchers partner with ASCD to encourage educators to think broadly about educational change and to tap into their aspirations for better schools and a better society.

The whole person: One vision, three events

The Lynch School hosts three pioneering conferences on student development across intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and ethical dimensions.

Measuring a meaningful life

Quantifying the ultimate outcome of liberal arts education: a life of meaning and purpose

The Whole Child, Whole Person Summit

A conference redefining achievement, education, and well-being

Lynch School launches Catholic Education Research Initiative

Professor Shaun Dougherty leads the Lynch School's brand-new Catholic Education Research Initiative (CERI).

Lynch School welcomes alumnus to faculty

Earl J. Edwards ’10 focuses his scholarship on the impact of structural racism on public institutions, and how K–12 students whose families are homeless navigate schools.

An educational experience like no other

Led by Matt DelSesto ’12, Boston College undergraduates are learning side-by-side with incarcerated students at a local prison, with mutually beneficial results

Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet

BC Institute for the Study of Race and Culture Director Alex Pieterse, a faculty member in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, will be the keynote speaker at this year's scholarship event.

Lynch School doctoral student celebrated in ILA's 30 under 30

Doctoral candidate in the Curriculum and Instruction program, Kierstin Guinco lands a spot in the International Literacy Association's 30 under 30.

A. Lin Goodwin as the new Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education

A. Lin Goodwin, a globally renowned teacher-education expert and the former dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong, has joined the Lynch School of Education and Human Development.

Boston College graduate named Mass. Secretary of Education

Patrick Tutwiler is a Ph.D. alumnus of the Lynch School of Education and Human Development

Reviving the College Dreams of Afghan Women

Boston College, through the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, is one of a handful of American universities offering online, graduate-level education courses this fall for young alumni of Asian University for Women.

WHAT I'VE LEARNED: Mary Walsh

The founder of City Connects and executive director of BC's Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children discusses her journey.

Living with Purpose

In a new book, Lynch School Professor Belle Liang helps readers navigate school, work, and life.

BC's Lynch School takes center stage

Two major conferences draw education leaders from across the nation and around the world

Teaching Human Values through Coding

Marina Umaschi Bers is helping children around the world develop a common language through programming.

Reimagining Psychology’s Approach to Racial Trauma

Alex Pieterse outlines the future of the Institute for the Study of Race and Culture (ISRC).

Expanding Psychology’s Capacity

David Goodman seeks to broaden his field’s ability to examine issues of ethics, character, and human potential.

Whole Child, Whole Person Summit

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