Perspective

Janett Cordovés, Senior Program Director, and Leila Brammer, Faculty Fellow, discuss the importance of engaging across difference for a healthy democracy.

Raj Vinnakota was a panelist on Harvard Ash Center’s webinar discussing new campus initiatives for higher education to reassert its vital role in strengthening democracy.

Janett Cordovés, Senior Program Director, and two Faculty Fellows share how the Faculty Institute is reshaping campus culture around fostering civil discourse.

James Madison University welcomes Raj Vinnakota, president of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, as the keynote speaker for Constitution Day.

Raj Vinnakota, President of Citizens & Scholars, served as the keynote speaker at Gettysburg College to kick off its Conversations for Change Initiative focused on civil discourse.

Janett Cordovés, Senior Program Director, and two Faculty Fellows share how the Faculty Institute is an effective intervention to help reinstitute the democratic aim of higher education.

What’s the best way to facilitate civil discourse and encourage critical inquiry in the classroom?  

5 recommendations for campus leaders as they prepare for student protests to resume this fall.

A bold, fresh approach nurtures civic readiness, embraces diversity, and fosters free expression in higher education.

College presidents reference the civic commitments in their convocation speeches.

Dispatch from University of Chicago’s Inaugural Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression

The Faculty Institute is having a positive impact on creating a network of faculty, as well as pedagogical and practical changes to classroom design and the field of higher education in general.

Higher education is charged to help shape the next generation of empowered citizens. Yet we’re seeing weekly headlines about the debate and demise of free expression and critical inquiry on college campuses.

Higher ed must take the lead in preparing students with the interpersonal skills necessary for civil discourse and civic engagement.

Dispatch from the Democracy in Action convening at Wesleyan University

The Institute for Citizens & Scholars president Rajiv Vinnakota gave the Winter Commencement address at the University of Pittsburgh.

The cracks in the foundation of our republic are too large to ignore; our democracy is in crisis.

Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University shares how promoting civic literacy and political participation is a great step in helping universities make a deeper contribution to public life.