Virtual Author Talk – Leaning Into Politics: Higher Education and the Democracy We Need – Aug 13

Posted by ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge on July 23, 2024

Recently, Information Age Publishing released the book Leaning into Politics: Higher Education and the Democracy We Need.

Join members of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge team with contributing authors on Tuesday, August 13 at 4 PM ET, to learn from those involved in this project and how their experiences and perspectives can be adapted to your campus environment.

Democratic decline in the United States and globally, a lack of confidence in political institutions and an increasingly violent and divisive political climate raise many questions for the state of political learning and civic engagement. A decade ago, a task force commissioned by the United States Department of Education called on colleges and universities to affirm their missions to educate for democracy. Relatively few have made the investment, though dozens of higher education associations and organizations have publicly committed their support to prepare students to address the persistent public issues they are inheriting.

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