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A liberal education provides the foundational knowledge and skills that empower students to advance the common good through responsible and engaged citizenship in local, national, and global contexts.
The AAC&U Presidents’ Trust is a global network of higher education leaders who are committed to advocating for the vision, values, and practices that connect liberal education with the needs of an increasingly diverse student body, a global workforce, and thriving communities. Membership in the Presidents’ Trust is open to chief executive officers of colleges, universities, foundations, and associations.
AAC&U offers an array of programming to support campus efforts to advance students’ global learning, civic and community-based outcomes, and engagement across all forms of community—local, national, and international. This work is intended to align multiple areas of campus programming, both academic and cocurricular, to realize more wholly integrated campus initiatives that prepare students for life, work, and citizenship.
A true investment in educating for democracy demands that words and actions be coupled with commitments to accountability and improvement. AAC&U’s VALUE initiative provides helpful tools (e.g., rubrics) for campuses to use in advancing their efforts to improve student success, learning, and equity in service to democracy.
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Co-published by AAC&U and Campus Compact, this free toolkit offers practical approaches and strategies for developing students’ capacity to engage in collaborative, public problem solving.
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AAC&U, State Higher Education Executive Officers, Complete College America, and College Promise invite you to join in making Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement part of every student's postsecondary learning.
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As part of our ongoing commitment to educating for democracy, AAC&U has partnered with the Getting Better Foundation to share the award-winnning documentary TRSUT ME with leaders in higher education.
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As political polarization and intolerance for difference continue to grow and thrive in the United States, colleges and universities have an essential role in supporting a healthy democracy.
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