“We’ve been so scared of appearing partisan or political that we’re really not educating for democracy,” says Nancy Thomas, director of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education, at Tufts University. Colleges are trying to change that, honing students’ political and rhetorical reasoning, and broadening their experiences beyond the campus gates.
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NewsHow Colleges Ignite Civic Engagement
Voter drives, community organizing, service learning, and new course offerings connect them with the world beyond the campus gates. -
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Inmates Are Classmates in This Program
Pitzer College aims to broaden the worldview of students from the Claremont Colleges consortium as well as their prisoner classmates. -
The Review
From Apathy to Engagement
A course on democracy changed his life. Now he wants to pay it forward.
