Pathways of Social Impact: Higher Education for the Public Good brings together a range of perspectives to deepen our understanding of students’ interests, motivations, and approaches to social change.
This report centers students and their experiences and perspectives, creating a model for student civic engagement that institutions across the country can emulate.
In this issue, we bring you stories and resources that illustrate the ways that campuses can support student civic learning to help build their knowledge, skills, and abilities to contribute constructively to our democracy.
In this issue, we bring you stories and resources that illustrate the ways that campuses can support students in getting engaged in the upcoming election.
The new report, Every Student, Every Degree, recommends that educators make college civic learning and democracy engagement a norm for all students, rather than an option for only some. Part 1 of the two-part virtual event is now available, featuring discussions on what today’s diverse students gain from CLDE-related studies and exploring student perspectives on how to make civic and democracy learning more compelling, empowering, and inclusive. This session also highlights dialogues on how collaborations across differences must become central to college civic learning and education for a diverse and divided democracy.
As you reflect on implementing better discourse on your campus, you might be looking to create spaces for conversations about some of the most contentious issues we expect to arise during the 2024-2025 academic year, Below, find some places to start when initiating discourse on these specific topics.
This back-to-campus starter kit explores how campuses can engage in inclusive, constructive dialogue—better discourse—ahead of what many expect to be an uncertain and potentially tumultuous 2024–2025 academic year. This guide includes invitations for self-reflection (with a corresponding guide for mapping your campus) and directs you to tools, policies, and evidence-based practices for better discourse.