Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility - Brossura

Anne Colby is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She is the former director of the Henry Murray Research Center at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Thomas Ehrlich is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is the former president of Indiana University, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and dean of Stanford Law School. Elizabeth Beaumont is a research associate at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Jason Stephens is a research associate at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Educating Citizens

Now with a new preface by the authors, Educating Citizensreports on how some American colleges and universities arepreparing thoughtful, committed, and socially responsiblegraduates. Many institutions assert these ambitions, but too fewact on them. The authors demonstrate the fundamental importance ofmoral and civic education, describe how the historical andcontemporary landscapes of higher education have shaped it, andexplain the educational and developmental goals and processesinvolved in educating citizens. They examine the challengescolleges and universities face when they dedicate themselves tothis vital task and present concrete ways to overcome thosechallenges.

Praise for Educating Citizens

"Educating Citizens contains much of value and interest to allof its intended audiences. . . . This volume provides what we needto understand the complex concepts of moral and civic learning andto consider what each of us can do to help students become theeducated and motivated citizens who will ensure the future ofdemocracy."
—Journal of College Student Development

"Colby, Ehrlich, Beaumont, and Stephens. . . . stimulatereflection about what it requires to be intentional about preparingcritically thinking, morally discerning, and engagedcitizens."
—Teaching Theology and Religion