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Spring/Summer 2008, Vol. 10, No. 2/3

Student Political Engagement

This issue of Peer Review examines how the academy engages students in their learning today to help them grow as engaged citizens for tomorrow. It focuses on democratic civic engagement rather than service and in what some call civic agency.

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CONTENTS:

From the Editor

ANALYSIS

The Place of Political Learning in College
Anne Colby

Reframing and Reclaiming Democracy: Higher Education’s Challenge
Nancy L. Thomas

Pursuing Franklin’s Democratic Vision for Higher Education
Ira Harkavy and Matthew Hartley

PRACTICE

Educating Students to Foster Active Citizenship
Robert M. Hollister, Nancy Wilson, and Peter Levine

Promoting Student Political Engagement and Awareness at the University of South Dakota
Anthony DeForest Molina, Elizabeth Theiss-Smith, Richard Braunstein

Prairie View A&M Students Walk the Walk of Political Engagement
Ronald D. Server

Democracy Matters at Colgate University
Joan D. Mandle

Promoting Political Engagement through American Government Class
Jeffrey Farrah and Patrick O’Connor

Value-Added Learning
Yvette Alex-Assensoh and Mary Ryan

Political Engagement in the Age of Facebook: Student Voices
Laura Donnelly-Smith

RESOURCES

AAC&U Calendar

Highlights of AAC&U’s Work on Civic and Political Engagement

RESEARCH

New Research on College Students’ Political Views

REALITY CHECK

Cast Off Cynicism and Cast Your Vote
Beth Martin Birky

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