Given democracy’s travails at home and abroad, there are mounting calls for state-based initiatives to make civics a college-degree requirement. So, what are the core purposes of civic and democracy learning in higher education? How can university studies help students probe democracy’s meaning and development over time, including its foundational principles, the fierce and still ongoing struggles over the application and expansion of those principles, and productive responses to the current global reversal of previous democratic gains? In this session, scholar-teachers discuss diverse initiatives to revitalize postsecondary democracy learning, help students explore alternative perspectives on the democratic promise, and include underserved high school students in humanities-rich college studies of “Knowledge for Freedom.” 

Hosted and produced by the Karsh Institute of Democracy and Civic Learning for an Engaged Democracy and sponsored by the Endeavor Foundation and the Teagle Foundation