Civic Learning Round-Up: January
In this series, Citizens & Scholars compiles the best recent articles, reports, and research from around the civic learning field. Stay up-to-date on the latest news, trends, and developments in efforts to build effective citizens. New Report: Can Online Civic Education Induce Democratic Citizenship? In a recent article in the American Journal of Political Science, researchers sought to explore how democratic […]
Civic Learning Round-Up: February
In this series, Citizens & Scholars compiles the best recent articles, reports, and research from around the civic learning field. Stay up-to-date on the latest news, trends, and developments in efforts to build effective citizens. New Report: Speaking to the Exhausted Majority More in Common conducted a national survey in the week following the November 2022 midterm elections to better understand […]
How Colleges Can Help Turn Out the Student Vote
Kathleen Harring , President, Muhlenberg College The Muhlenberg College campus in Allentown, PA. Excerpt cross posted from Higher Ed Dive. Citizens & Scholars is proud to publish a series of diverse perspectives on citizen engagement and democracy from our network of Fellows and partners. Americans aged 18-29 voted at the second-highest rate in three decades, only slightly lower than the […]
Preparing the next generation of citizens requires bringing back civics
Louise Dubé, Rajiv Vinnakota, Citizens & Scholars President Rajiv Vinnakota and iCivics Executive Director Lousie Dubé co-write in The Hill how a recent omnibus provision passed by Congress signals a huge investment in civics education and cultivating the next generation of engaged citizens. Preparing the next generation of citizens requires bringing back civics Buried in the year-end omnibus spending […]
Newcombe Fellowship Celebrates More Than 40 Years of Impact
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship has been supporting emerging scholars in the humanities and social sciences for more than 40 years. Fellows have shaped both a new era of thought around issues of religious and ethical values and a new generation of students and their understanding of the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjLPp4lfDDs The Newcombe Fellowship: More Than 40 Years of Impact […]
Lessons from MLK: College as a Model of Democracy
Dr. Lerone A. Martin speaks to students at Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School about the importance of education teaching life during the school’s 2019 Bond Lecture. (Photo courtesy MICDS) For many young people, college is their first time living away from home. Life on a university campus is a place where they […]
Gen Z is eager to help Arizona. All we need are opportunities to lead
Farhan Babur , Civic Spring Fellow 2022 Excerpt cross-posted from The Arizona Republic. Citizens & Scholars is proud to publish a series of diverse perspectives on citizen engagement and democracy from our network of Fellows and partners. If you’d told me a few years ago that someday I’d spend my weekends planning events so strangers could talk politics, I’d […]
The state of American democracy and civic engagement: My conversation on NPR’s Maine Calling
Rajiv Vinnakota , President The two-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol underscores that this is the moment to rebuild the nation’s civic strength. Citizens & Scholars is reenergized in our commitment to cultivating the next generation as informed, engaged, and hopeful citizens. This morning, I joined Jennifer Rooks on NPR’s Maine Calling to […]
Civic Learning Round-Up: December
In this series, Citizens & Scholars compiles the best recent articles, reports, and research from around the civic learning field. Stay up-to-date on the latest news, trends, and developments in efforts to build effective citizens. New Report: Young Voters in 2022: Black and Non-College Youth Were Underrepresented CIRCLE‘s analysis of 2022 exit poll data and population data highlights that white and […]
Year-End Round Up: 2022 Fellow Accomplishments
In 2022, Fellows from the Citizens & Scholars network continued doing exceptional work in their areas of focus. In addition to winning major awards and accolades—including a Pulitzer Prize and two MacArthur Fellowships—Fellows garnered praise for their books, earned prestigious fellowships, and won numerous professional honors. Major Awards & Honors Two Fellows from the Citizens & […]