Last week my son came home from school with an unusual request: He asked me for money. This isn’t his norm, so I pressed him. It quickly became clear that he wasn’t asking for himself at all. It turns ...

In a time of civic disengagement and political polarization, university campuses provide hope for democratic renewal. Faculty are often viewed primarily as instructors who deliver knowledge solely in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about higher ed issues, leadership, finance, and innovation. Colleges and universities, like so many institutions in our ...

Jeremi Suri, the Mack Brown distinguished chair for leadership in global affairs and professor of public affairs and history at the University of Texas at Austin, leads the conversation on how to ...

This summer, Delaware’s commitment to civic education took a significant leap forward through two impactful professional development programs: the long-standing Democracy Project Summer Institute and ...

There is a clear and present danger to American democracy: Donald Trump’s populist authoritarianism. This is no secret, and yet many in higher education would prefer not to talk about it. Instead, we ...

High schoolers in Mountain House are engaging in democracy with civic action projects. High schoolers in Mountain House are engaging in democracy with civic action projects. Funding for the Inside ...

U. S. education, like the Supreme Court, follows the election returns. In God fearing Colonial days, U. S. school readers were pious; later, in the era of industrial expansion, they glorified industry ...

America knows how to send a team of astronauts safely around the moon and back, but we don’t know how to elect law-abiding politicians to office. Our political mantra today is, “It’s all good.” We no ...