Why Does This Matter?
Walden University defines positive social change as a deliberate process of creating and applying ideas, strategies, and actions to promote the worth, dignity, and development of individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, cultures, and societies. Positive social change results in the improvement of human and social conditions. This definition of positive social change provides an intellectually comprehensive and socially constructive foundation for the programs, research, professional activities, and products created by the Walden academic community. In addition, Walden supports positive social change through the development of principled, knowledgeable, and ethical scholar-practitioners, who are and will become civic and professional role models by advancing the betterment of society. Community members understand the value of creating sustainable positive impact and have the knowledge, skills, abilities, and dispositions to do so.
Goals
- Establish a clear forward-looking vision for social change which accounts for the current climate at Walden and externally.
- Establish a Walden research agenda which engages our faculty and student researchers in interdisciplinary approaches to solving wicked social problems, beginning with health disparities.
2024-2025 Potential Key Activities
- Launch Inter-institutional Interdisciplinary Research Lab
- Publish update to Walden University's Vision for Social Change