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Civic Engagement Centers and Institutes: Promising Routes for Teaching Lessons in Citizenship to Students of All Disciplines

Chapter 21: Civic Engagement Centers and Institutes: Promising Routes for Teaching Lessons in Citizenship to Students of All Disciplines by Elizabeth C. Matto, George Washington University and Mary McHugh, Merrimack College More and more, colleges and universities are […]

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Politically Themed Residential Learning Communities as Incubators of Interest in Government and Politics

Chapter 17: Politically Themed Residential Learning Communities as Incubators of Interest in Government and Politics by John McTague, Towson University This chapter reports findings from the inaugural semester of Towson University’s Political Engagement Community, in which […]

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Teaching Faculty to Teach Civic Engagement: Interdisciplinary Models to Facilitate Pedagogical Success

Chapter 16: Teaching Faculty to Teach Civic Engagement: Interdisciplinary Models to Facilitate Pedagogical Success by Sarah Surak, Salisbury University, Christopher Jensen, Towson University, Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Towson University and Alexander Pope, Salisbury University This chapter examines faculty development programming […]

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New Resources for Civic Engagement

Chapter 20: New Resources for Civic Engagement: The National Survey of Student Leaders, Campus Associational Life, and the Consortium for Inter-Campus SoTL Research by J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University and Elizabeth A. Bennion, University South Bend […]

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Partnering with Campus and Community to Promote Civic Engagement

Chapter 15: Partnering with Campus and Community to Promote Civic Engagement: Miami University’s Citizenship and Democracy Week John Forren, Miami University For political scientists already shouldering other professional responsibilities, the prospect of creating and institutionalizing a […]

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Service-Learning in an Environmental Engineering Classroom: Examples, Evaluation, and Recommendations

Chapter 14: Service-Learning in an Environmental Engineering Classroom: Examples, Evaluation, and Recommendations Tara Kulkarni, University of Vermont and Kimberly Coleman, University of Vermont Engineering classrooms have started to create active learning spaces by offering students opportunities to engage […]

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Fostering Civic Engagement Through the Arts: A Blueprint

Chapter 13: Fostering Civic Engagement Through the Arts: A Blueprint Constance DeVereaux, Colorado State University Civic engagement is a core principle in efforts to establish the arts as an integral component of daily life, particularly in the […]

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Promoting Civic Engagement in a Required General Education Course

Chapter 12: Promoting Civic Engagement in a Required General Education Course John Suarez, SUNY Cortland This chapter explains how first-year English composition students began developing a commitment to civic engagement by working on a problem-based learning assignment […]