March, 2013
Politics and the Yellowstone Ecosystem: Announcing the 2013 Stewardship of Public Lands Faculty Seminar
By George Mehaffy, Vice President of Academic Leadership & Change, AASCU Throughout the United States, but especially in the West, the question of who will control public lands is a hotly debated topic. The public lands of the West, including national parks, forests, grazing, and prairie lands, are all sites of controversy. The major points […]
Read More...Publication: “Minding the Gap: Partnering Across Sectors for Democracy,” by TDC co-founder, Bernie Ronan, and ADP founder, George Mehaffy
Minding the Gap: Partnering Across Sectors for Democracy By Bernie Ronan and George L. Mehaffy Volume 16, Number 1 Winter 2013 (online source) With the 2012 London Olympics on full display this summer, we were reminded of a characteristically British phrase. While traveling by tube or rail in the United Kingdom, one often sees signs […]
Read More...Welcome to The Democracy Commitment, North Arkansas College!
North Arkansas College, or Northark to those who know it well is, “a comprehensive, public two-year college, North Arkansas College provides a variety of educational opportunities to the citizens of Boone, Carroll, Marion, Searcy, Newton, and Madison counties in northern Arkansas. … Northark offers transfer and technical degree programs, one-year technical certificates, certificates of proficiency, […]
Read More...Deadline extended for TDC campuses to join CIRCLE’s National Study on Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE)
Back in January we shared information on this blog about CIRCLE’s new National Study on Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) in this blog post. A number of TDC campuses have since signed up to participate in this free study (no survey completion required). The deadline to participate is June 1st, but TDC campuses are being […]
Read More...Japan Studies Institute now open to TDC faculty!
Through our partnership with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) American Democracy Project, TDC member institutions’ faculty have a unique opportunity to participate in the Japan Studies Institute and receive the AASCU rate. The Japan Studies Institute (JSI), a two week residential program held on the San Diego State University campus, offers […]
Read More...Congratulations to Georgia Perimeter College, recipient of President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll!
(Click here for original blog source) The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, launched in 2006, annually highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems and placing more students on a lifelong path of civic engagement by recognizing institutions that achieve meaningful, measureable outcomes in the communities they serve. The 2013 […]
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