New CIRCLE Report: Crucial Role for HiEd in Building Youth Civic Engagement

CIRCLE, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, has released a new report which highlights higher education’s crucial role in fostering youth civic engagement. “All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement,” the report from CIRCLE’s Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge, highlights the vital role for universities and other institutions of higher education, not only in promoting youth engagement, but also closing the gap between youth of different socioeconomic statuses.

Recommendations include:

• Provide civic opportunities for their students
• Enable student voting and registration
• Include civic work as an institutional value
• Prepare future civics and government teachers
• Provide professional development opportunities for current teachers
• Partner on community-based research and journalism (especially with youth)
• Serve as conveners of academic and non-academic resources
• Contribute to research and implementation of innovative youth civic engagement strategies

Download the full report here.
Read more about the report on CIRCLE’s website here.