Word: civic
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...political engagement. According to members of the IOP, the Institute’s new National Campaign effort was developed as a response to the growing number of college students who have become disengaged from the political process, and its primary goal is to encourage college students to become more civic-minded. The Institute should be praised for its ambitious endeavor to help increase youth political participation...
...This issue is charged and divisive. I didn’t know this measure was going to be discussed until minutes before it came up,” she said. “Civic leaders need to model a discussion based on substance, and not politics as usual three weeks before an election...
...This joint venture signals a new willingness on the part of Boston’s two leading research universities to cooperate in a critical scientific undertaking. The question now is whether the political, business and civic communities of Boston can cooperate with the universities to deliver the maximum benefit to the region...
...joint venture will focus on strengthening each organization’s relationship with electoral politics, career development resources and initiatives for building a foundation in civic education...
Instead, the IOP wants to expand some of it’s already successful programs, such as the civic education program run in association with the Phillips Brooks House Association, to other colleges and universities...