The Edge: Creative Thinking About 'Civic Education' Needs a Big Tent
I’m Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering innovation in and around academe. Here’s what I’m thinking about this week. Your ideas on how higher ed can help repair American democracy. Last week I dug into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences report “ Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century” and asked how you thought higher ed could contribute. This week I’ll share some of the comments and resources you sent me. Comments first, and for starters, the importance of science education as civic education. In the last newsletter,...
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