From The Dartmouth: Dartmouth Dialogues, College President Sian Leah Beilock’s signature initiative to promote meaningful dialogue across differing perspectives, launched a new certificate program for students on Sept. 14. The purpose of the Certificate in Principles of Dialogue program is to train Dartmouth students to “feel confident” in “productive dialogue around complex topics,” manage their emotional responses and ask “genuinely curious questions” about a conversation partner’s “underlying values and experiences,” according to the Dartmouth Dialogues website. Upon completion, students will receive a “digital badge that can be added to their LinkedIn profile.”
Dartmouth Dialogues program coordinator Trevor Fornara, who joined in March, “took up the mantle” of launching the certificate program, Fornara said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The digital badge can “articulate” to potential employers that a student was “engaged in the culture of dialogue” at Dartmouth and is an example of micro-credentialing, or a short program focused on a particular skill, Fornara said... In the age of artificial intelligence, technical skills are “increasingly devalued” by employers, Fornara said. “Now, hiring managers are looking more for people with social communication skills as opposed to technical skills.” ...
Full story at https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026/10/angell-tenn-dartmouth-dialogues-launches-certificate-program-for-students.
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