Some works of political philosophy and action belong on library shelves. Others have a home in the classroom and community. K. Sabeel Rahman and Hollie Russon Gilman’s Civic Power: Rebuilding American Democracy in an Era of Crisis belongs in the latter . The book examines current problems with American democracy (inequities, disengagement, lack of trust)…
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Islands of Engagement: Higher Education and Democracy
A meaningful college education is more than a collection of courses, an assembly of skills, and a few letters after one’s name. College educated signifies a level of intellectual and personal maturity, the possibility of real agency, and substantive worth. For some, college educated also carries with it responsibilities of citizenship and civic engagement. Many…
Democracy and College Learning
The nation’s premier organization on higher education, the AAC&U, recently published a report from President Obama’s National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement. An extension of the President’s call for a college-educated populace, the Task Force sought to facilitate a national conversation about learning and democracy. Further, the charge examined how education can…