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Engagement and Citizenship: A New Core for the University
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Lewis, Dan A. – Journal of General Education, 2014
The author proposes that "societal renewal" and the engagement required to accomplish that renewal should be the core of the university. By focusing on the basic building blocks of good citizenship (civic knowledge and civic action) the university can weave, at relatively low cost, programs and classes into its core. Using Northwestern…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Social Attitudes, Universities