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...address this concern, the Institute of Politics (IOP) has initiated a new effort designed to address the lack of youth 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...
...National Survey of Undergraduates, conducted by the IOP in 2002 found that while college students are active in community volunteering, many remain relatively inactive when it comes to political campaigns. Most striking, 86 percent of students indicated they wanted more practical information about politics before getting involved. And 92 percent of college students responded that more direct contact with elected officials, political candidates and others in government would be an effective way of getting students involved in politics...
...answer is yes. Every year Harvard alums go on to write, produce, and act in sitcoms, work for popular magazines like Rolling Stone, ascend through the ranks of Madison Avenue advertising agencies, evolve into media moguls, and caricature their former professors on The Simpsons. The Institute of Politics (IOP) offers a coveted Director’s Internship at MTV, combining pop and politics in a way that makes it one of the most popular and competitive internships offered to Harvard students. The Af-Am department operates an extensive hip-hop archive; and students experiment with advertising and fashion design...
...goal is to inspire young people in politics not just here at Harvard,” said IOP Director Dan Glickman...
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...