Civic Education News
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In Case You Missed It:
WATCH: A Conversation with Paul Carrese on Schools of Civic Thought
Helping American Universities Fulfill Their Civic Missions
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Last week, JMC President Hans Zeiger sat down with Professor Paul Carrese to delve into one of the most exciting developments in higher education: the emergence of Schools of Civic Thought at public universities.
Listen to their conversation as they discuss how these state-funded, independently governed programs are creating a dedicated space on campus for high-level civic education within the liberal arts tradition.
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LISTEN: Hans Zeiger on the Giving Ventures Podcast
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On the latest episode of the Giving Ventures podcast, Hans Zeiger talks with DonorsTrust Vice President, Peter Lipsett, about solutions to the higher education, "Where Higher-Ed Donors Can Still Give," and what the Jack Miller Center is doing defend American values and develop principled academic leaders.
In the episode, they discuss...
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✅ the overpriced cost of higher education;
✅ Americans questioning the value of a degree;
✅ and universities and colleges closing their doors, among other things.
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How Civics Can Remedy Higher Education's Decline
Paul Carrese//National Review
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"Restoration of the traditional civic mission of public universities — providing a blend of liberal-arts and American civic education to future leaders — offers even left-leaning administrators and trustees a path toward meeting their enlightened self-interest. Prudent alums, donors, and trustees should urge them to consider it as a reasonable step to redress rising controversy and cratering legitimacy."
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Social Studies Needs to be a First-Class Subject
Tom Kelly//The Fulcrum
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"Social studies is the subject most likely to provide explicit education for citizenship. And yet a recent white paper commissioned by Thinking Nation confirms what many involved with K-12 education already know: Social studies is widely neglected relative to reading and math."
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Philadelphia: The City of Freedom
Elliott Drago// Front Porch Repubilc
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Have you heard the story of Robert Purvis – a mixed-race abolitionist, co-founder of the Underground Railroad, and staunch defender of the principles of the Declaration of Independence?
JMC's Resident Historian, Elliott Drago, writes about Purvis and other brave individuals who helped shape Philadelphia into the city of Freedom.
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The Jack Miller Center is an educational venture committed to solving the crisis of uninformed citizenship by teaching America’s founding principles and history. We aim to expand the pipeline of scholars dedicated to teaching America’s founding principles and history, to seed and cultivate college campus centers for the study of the American political tradition, and to advance the teaching of American citizenship in K-12 schools centered around our history and foundational texts.
To learn more about our work, visit jackmillercenter.org.
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