Msg. #0608 ENGAGING STUDENTS POLITICALLY GOES BEYOND THE VOTING BOOTH
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Graduate |
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All Science and Engineering Engineering Education Research Engineering Ethics General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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Teaching and Learning Research Center |
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Reference - Article/Document |
| Author(s): |
Richard Reis |
| Description: | "The reason we care about voting rates is that they hold particular social value: we consider them necessary for the legitimacy of democratic governance and for the strength of our pluralist democratic culture." This posting, by Elizabeth Beaumont, research scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching looks at the importance of voting among college students . It is #12 in the monthly series called Carnegie Foundation Perspectives. These short commentaries exploring various educational issues are produced by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching <http://www.carnegiefoundation.org>. |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(f) Understand professional and ethical responsibility (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
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Elizabeth Beaumont is a research scholar with The Carnegie Foundation, where she co-directs the Political Engagement Project. She joined the Foundation in August 2000, working with Anne Colby and Thomas Ehrlich on the Higher Education and the Development of Moral and Civic Responsibility project. |
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Easy |
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Very low |
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| Publication Date: | December 2004 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/608.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Tomorrow's Professor
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