Knowing that in 2014 only 9% of students at IUB voted, instructors need to take the lead in developing citizenship skills and challenging their students to participate in democracy. According to Nancy Thomas, “Learning for democracy should be a national priority, and our colleges and universities need to lead this charge.” Is taking a few… Read more »
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Nudging your Students to Vote
On Tuesday, I attended a presentation on student voting sponsored by IUB’s Political and Civic Engagement (PACE) program, which featured Nancy Thomas from Tufts University’s Institute for Democracy and Higher Education. Within a great discussion of ways to improve student civic engagement and voting came a very sobering fact: In the 2014 midterm election, 56.4%… Read more »