Participate in the Parr Center’s 2023-2024 NHSEB Impact Study

After some promising early data collection last year, we’re excited to announce that for the 2023-2024 academic year, the Parr Center for Ethics will be conducting a new study to investigate how participating in the National High School Ethics Bowl affects students’ intellectual and interpersonal traits. We thank you in advance for your consideration and participation, and for your help in learning more about the traits and dispositions our activity fosters.

Any high school student in the United States who is at a school that participates in the National High School Ethics Bowl, regardless of whether those students are themselves involved with the program. We hope to recruit groups of students, whether that is NHSEB teams, teams from another extracurricular club or activity, or an entire classroom.

Participation involves completing four online surveys (about 5-20 minutes), completed at three-week intervals between October and December. These can be completed in class or on participating students’ own time. The study design requires two groups of students at each school: some NHSEB-participating students and some non-NHSEB students. Teachers may recruit both groups individually or by partnering with other teachers—whichever is most convenient. Students will need parental permission to participate. Our parental consent form can be completed online and shared with students well in advance of administering the first survey.

This study is a simple way to help the Parr Center improve the National High School Ethics Bowl and advance its mission. In addition, thanks to new financial support from the John Templeton Foundation, we are pleased to be able to offer participation incentives. One designated teacher at each participating school will receive a $125 gift card. In addition, we can offer $8 per participating student, intended to sponsor a pizza party (or other celebratory activity) for those students.

Official communications about the study for participants will be handled by Project Coordinator, Michael Vazquez (michael.vazquez@unc.edu).

We are grateful to the Intellectual Humility Science project at Georgia State University and the John Templeton Foundation for their generous support.