eJournal of Public Affairs Launches New Issue: Vol. 5 No. 2 Educating for Democracy

The latest issue (Vol. 5, No. 2) of the eJournal of Public Affairs, a collaboration between Missouri State University and AASCU’s American Democracy Project, is now live on the eJournal website: ejournal.missouristate.edu/.

This “Educating for Democracy” issue guest edited by Nancy Thomas and Jodi Benenson focuses on the need to recalibrate current approaches to civic engagement in higher education to cover political learning and student engagement with democracy. It covers a range of topics, from responsible voting to college student political activism. The Editors want to emphasize the significance for the timing of this release at the end of such a controversial election. Political learning should not be relegated to an election season – it’s year-round. By cultivating habits of political and deliberative engagement on campuses that foster a culture that supports it, students will increase their capacity for political learning, discourse, and agency. This issue concerns both representative democracy (voting, running for office), activism (protest, mobilizing others) and deliberative democracy) dialog, issue forums, and multi-publics). It poses solutions that are relevant beyond the election season, when establishing habits of political engagement are most important and effective.

The release also marks the first issue publication since the death of the eJournal’s  Managing Editor, Dr. Marc Cooper. The current issue features a dedication to Dr. Cooper found under Front Matter.

Table of Contents

	Dr. Marc Cooper Dedication	PDF
	Andrew P Lokie

Editorial

	The Evolving Role of Higher Education in U.S. Democracy	PDF
	Nancy Thomas, Jodi Benenson

Articles

	Student Political Engagement in the Co-Curriculum: Understanding the Role of Senior Student Affairs Officers	PDF
	Demetri L. Morgan, Cecilia M. Orphan

	New Resources for Civic Engagement: The National Survey of Student Leaders and the Consortium for Inter-Campus SoTL Research	PDF
	J. Cherie Strachan, Elizabeth A. Bennion

	Teaching Deliberative Democracy Deliberatively	PDF
	Timothy J. Shaffer

	Implementing the Political Engagement Project in an Introductory Communication Course: An Examination of the Effects on Students’ Political Knowledge, Efficacy, Skills, Behavior, and Ideology	PDF
	Stephen K. Hunt, Kevin R. Meyer, John F. Hooker, Cheri J. Simonds, Lance R. Lippert

	Reimagining Civic Education in our Colleges and Universities: The Influence of Deliberation on Students Perceptions of Political Participation	PDF
	Windy Y Lawrence, John J Theis

Invited Commentary

	Addressing Political Inequality by Restoring the Civic Mission of Higher Education	PDF
	Abraham Goldberg

	The American Electoral Process: A Never-ending “Teachable Moment”	PDF
	Elizabeth Christine Matto

	Community Colleges and Educating for Democracy	PDF
	Carrie B. Kisker, John J. Theis, Alberto R. Olivas

	Student activism, institutional amnesia and power: Lessons from the #fordhall2015 Brandeis student protests	PDF
	Callie Watkins Liu

	Memories of College Activism in an Undocumented Student Support Group	PDF
	Matias N Ramos

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