What if a state required civic learning for all students?

This article tells the story of the first state in the U.S. to set the expectation that every undergraduate in public higher education would be involved in civic learning. In 2012, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education made “Preparing Citizens” one of seven key outcomes of its Vision Project f...

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Autor: Reiff, John D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Europea (UEM)
Repositorio:ABACUS. Repositorio de Producción Científica
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:abacus.universidadeuropea.com:11268/5739
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11268/5739
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Internationalization
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Sumario:This article tells the story of the first state in the U.S. to set the expectation that every undergraduate in public higher education would be involved in civic learning. In 2012, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education made “Preparing Citizens” one of seven key outcomes of its Vision Project for public higher education. In 2014, the Board passed a Policy on Civic Learning defining civic learning as “acquisition of the knowledge, the intellectual skills and the applied competencies that citizens need for informed and effective participation in civic and democratic life; it also means acquiring an understanding of the social values that underlie democratic structures and practices”