by jpitney | Jan 27, 2026 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Claremont McKenna College, Lincoln
Claremont McKenna College student Dhriti Jagadish writes at Persuasion: On July 10, 1858, Abraham Lincoln reminded Americans that half the country couldn’t trace a connection to the signers of the Declaration of Independence by blood or by soil. That half is now the...
by jpitney | Dec 4, 2025 | Civic Education, Civility, Higher Education
Robert P. George at WSJ: Public universities are also taking steps to promote civic education and robust civil discourse. States are investing in programs designed to promote respectful and productive dialogue across political, cultural, religious and socio-economic...
by jpitney | Dec 3, 2025 | Civic Education, Claremont McKenna College, Conservative', Higher Education
Benjamin Storey and Jon A. Shields at Persuasion: [R]eintroducing intellectual conservatism to our universities will temper, not accelerate, our polarization. Today’s partisan spirit is a reductionist one: tell me if so-and-so is left or right, a squish or a solid, a...
by jpitney | Nov 30, 2025 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Civility, Higher Education
A November 18 release from NYU: New York University today announced the launch of the Berkley Institute for Civil Discourse and Civic Solutions, a University-wide initiative that engages students, scholars, and leaders with divergent perspectives to tackle the most...
by jpitney | Nov 10, 2025 | Civic Education, Higher Education
Jansa JM, Ringsmuth EM, Smith AP. Calibrating Confidence: Civic Education and the Relationship between Objective Political Knowledge and Political Knowledge Confidence. Perspectives on Politics. 2025;23(3):997-1012. doi:10.1017/S1537592724001403 We find consistent...
by jpitney | Nov 2, 2025 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Education
Spencer Cox and Ian Marcus Corbin at WP: A pilot program at Utah State University places questions of meaning, purpose and civic responsibility at the heart of general education. All enrolled students will engage with the works of Plato, John Stuart Mill, Lao Tzu and...
