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

Kody W. Cooper ()
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Kody W. Cooper: Department of Political Science & Public Service, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA

Laws, 2024, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-12

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.

Keywords: civic education; U.S. constitutional principles; state legislation on higher education; American founding; civic engagement; viewpoint diversity; free speech; civility; polarization; pedagogy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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