Students learn, students vote
from Democracy Works Hosted by Chris Beem, Nancy Thomas, Jenna Spinelle, Michael Berkman
Nancy Thomas is director of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education, an applied research center at the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Over the past decade, the IDHE has worked to understand how college students vote and make recommendations to university leaders about both short-term voting challenges and long-term obligations to creating democratic citizens. This conversations covers both of those areas, as well as what role faculty can play in fostering democracy and civic engagement in their courses. Additional Information Institute for Democracy and Higher Education National Voter Registration Day Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights Campus Election Engagement Project All In Campus Democracy Challenge Related Episodes The promise and peril of early voting Are land-grant universities still democracy's colleges? Citizenship, patriotism, and democracy in the classroom
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National Voter Registration Day is September 22. In a normal election year on a college campus, that would mean lots of canvassers with clipboards and pizza parties to encourage students to register. Those activities can't happen the same way this fall, but our guest this week argues that the pandemic should not detract colleges and universities from their civic missions.
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