Our Story
Since 1922, the Society for Values in Higher Education has maintained its commitment to preserving ethical values in institutions of higher education. The goals of our society are as follows:
-To draw on many cultural and spiritual traditions in order to reflect critically on contemporary values facing higher education.
-To promote a rich diversity of perspectives while, at the same time, affirming a supportive organizational integrity within SVHE and all educational institutions.
-To create openings in the walls that separate persons from one another (e.g. political affiliations, religion, professions, disciplines, race, gender, class, age) and that separate the members of the academy from the larger society.
-To encourage interdisciplinary inquiry that integrates practical and intellectual perspectives.
-To challenge ourselves, our families, and higher education in general to develop whole persons who are prepared to play a constructive role in a rapidly changing world.