AAC&U Projects and Partners
Journey Towards Democracy: Involving Students in the Political Process
This interactive Webcast will focus on patterns of student
political participation, student-driven political organizing,
and new technologies that engage students with political issues
and encourage electoral participation. It will feature experts
on public opinion, political organizing, and government.
Campus
Compact
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 900 college
and university presidents committed to the civic purposes
of higher education. As part of their New
Voters Project, Campus Compact will convene college and
university presidents in six states to share models and foster
collaborations between campus and community and in an effort
to encourage voter mobilization, they will be working with
college and university presidents across the states to support
student voter registration drives. Their website includes
election
resources, campus models, and voting information.
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Featured Web Sites
Harvard
University Institute of Politics (IOP)
The National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement is
IOP's national effort to encourage participation and engagement
in politics by college students. In addition to their national
survey of college students, the IOP website provides a guide
to absentee voting and a guide
to registering voters on college campuses.
AASCU's
American Democracy Project
This multi-campus initiative seeks to create an intellectual
and experiential understanding of civic engagement for undergraduates.
Project Pericles
Project Pericles is a not-for-profit organization that encourages and facilitates commitments by colleges and universities to include education for social responsibility and participatory citizenship as an essential part of their educational programs, in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community.
More Web Resources
For Students
For Faculty
For Campus Administrators
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