Contesting a gradual disregard for the values of dignity, democracy, and diversity in higher education, this volume explores best practices from universities and colleges in Israel and the US to illustrate how these values can offer a holistic values framework for higher education globally.

Tamar Ketko is Head of Teaching for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Hana Bor is Professor of Family Studies and Community Development at the College of Liberal Arts at Towson University, USA.

Khalid Arar is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at Texas State University, San Marcos, USA.

Part I: Manifesting the Historical Changes of Dignity in Higher Education Policies 1. Beyond Dichotomy: Monuments' Demolition as an Offense as well as a Catalyst for Dignity, Democracy, and Diversity [Eyal Naveh and Roy Weintraub] 2. Learning from the Voices of the Past: Using a Guided Inquiry Approach to Teaching Dignity with Primary Sources [Ashley Todd-Diaz and Joyce Garczynski] 3. Glocal Moral Education: Classical Care Ethics, East and West, as Foundations for Present-Day Humanist Moral Education [Nimrod Aloni] 4. Teaching the Holocaust: Asking Questions About Human Dignity [Tamar Ketko, Hana Bor, and Lori Weintrob] Part II: Reflecting Democratic Values in Higher Education 5. The Trump Administration's Threat to American Democracy [Robert O. Freedman] 6. Imagining Hydraulic Futures: Democracy and the Intersections of American History and Israeli History [Robert E. Rook] 7. "Am I Still Allowed to Hope?": The Philosophical and Educational Essence of Hope [Hanoch Ben-Pazi] 8. Building Welcoming Capacity for the Integration of Diversified Forced Immigrants in Education and in the Community [Khalid Arar and Corinne Brion] 9. Ethnic Pedagogies: Incorporating Black and Jewish Traditions in a Public University Classroom [Rebecca Shargel and Marcia J. Watson-Vandiver] Part III: Enhancing Diversity - Ethnic Policies and Practices in Higher Education 10. Face-to-Face with Race, Power, and Intersectionality: Challenging Undergraduates to Meaningfully Engage with Matters of Identity and Privilege [Cole Reilly and Mubina Kirmani] 11. A Cross-Culture Examination of Preservice Teachers' Technology Integration Self-Efficacy [Tami Seifert, Liyan Song, Tina Waldman, and Zhuo Wang] 12. Critical Pedagogy: Teaching Cultural Competence in Human Services Education [Diane M. Harnek Kegan and Linda M. Oravecz] 13. "Like Living for Thousands of Years": Students of Ethiopian Origin Become Teachers [Nissim Avissar] 14. Can Jewish-Arab "Shared Education" Create a Sustainable Change in the Israeli School System? [Dafna Yitzhaki]