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"Wicked Problems" in General Education: The Challenges of Diversity, Civic Engagement, and Civil Discourse
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Schiff, Jennifer; Burton, Carol – Journal of General Education, 2019
Wicked problems have multiple causes, require multifaceted solutions, and have no clear ending point at which the problem is truly solved. Encouraging respectful discourse on campus presented itself as a wicked problem at [institution name removed for the purposes of blind review] when, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. unity march in January 2018,…
Descriptors: Diversity, Inclusion, Social Justice, Cultural Awareness