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…
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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…