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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Renewing Civic Education: Time to restore American higher education’s lost mission

The Wabash Center

Author
Lagemann , Ellen Condliffe; and Lewis, Harry R.
Harvard deans argue it’s time to reimagine higher education’s civic mission. The public purposes of education should go beyond benefits to individuals and focus on a tripod of intellect, morality, and action, all grounded in a knowledge base of American history and constitutional principles.