Our Programs
Created and Designed for Community Colleges
TDC’s Action Civic programs advance the idea that a student-centered, project-based approach to civic education which develops skills, knowledge, and dispositions necessary for our 21st century democratic practice is vital to the future of our democracy.
TDC’s civic and democratic learning programs assist in the development of the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make a difference.
TDC’s civic and community engagement programs were created to advance our commitment to inspire community colleges students to make a difference in the civic life of our communities.
TDC’s political and democratic engagement programs are designed to advance democracy through political institutions, organizations and activities.
In collaboration with the Center for the Study of Community Colleges, member institutions will administer a survey to assess community college students’ civic agency, behavior, and knowledge after at least one year of attendance at a TDC member institution. Results can guide institutional civic efforts.
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Highlights of Our Programs
Previous and Current Projects and Initiatives
Citizenship Under Siege
“We need the humanities, now more than ever, because they give us access to the most fundamental and consequential dimensions and forces of our experience.” –The Common Good: Humanities and the Public Square, William D. Adams, NEH Chairman
Civic Outcomes of Community College Study
In partnership with the Center for the Study of Community Colleges, TDC is proud to present the Civic Outcomes of Community Colleges Study. Deliberative Democracy Initiative
AMERICA’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES DEEPENING THE DELIBERATIVE PRACTICE Economic Inequality Initiative
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN OUR DEMOCRACY: AN ADP/TDC JOINT INITIATIVE Engage the Election
Electoral education and engagement is essential to our democracy, and student electoral engagement on our member campuses is a priority.