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A Renaissance of Civic Education and Civic Engagement in Higher Education in the Spirit of the American Founders and Constitutionalism

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  • Kody W. Cooper

    (Department of Political Science & Public Service, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA
    2023–2024 Visiting Fellow with the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.)

Abstract

A growing number of states have responded to negative trends in civic knowledge, trust, and engagement by creating new institutes or schools at state universities, with the express aim of reinvigorating civic education and thoughtful, engaged citizenship. In seeking to increase civic knowledge, champion viewpoint diversity, model civil discussion of ideas, combat polarization, and embrace the civic responsibilities of higher education, these institutes can be seen as carrying forward the American founders’ vision of civic education, the moral foundations of law and constitutionalism, and the constitutional principles of free speech and federalism.

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  • Kody W. Cooper, 2024. "A Renaissance of Civic Education and Civic Engagement in Higher Education in the Spirit of the American Founders and Constitutionalism," Laws, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlawss:v:13:y:2024:i:1:p:8-:d:1334587
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    Cited by:

    1. Eric Morrow & Casey Thompson & Payton Jones & Boleslaw Z. Kabala, 2024. "Incentivizing Civic Engagement at Public and Private Universities: Tax Exemptions, Laws, and Critical Dialogues," Laws, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-30, May.
    2. Luke Foster, 2024. "Constituting the American Higher-Education Elite: Rush and Jefferson on Collegiate Civic Engagement," Laws, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-13, June.

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