Abstract
The time could not be more urgent, and university faculty and leaders must act and reclaim their responsibility for civic preparation. In the face of enrolment decline, an emphasis on student credit hours, and a history of siloed tunnel vision, action seems impossible in a climate that resists the core mission of higher education. In this article, authors—faculty from two teacher preparation departments—share their journey that started as state-mandated program revision to a campus-wide civic agenda. They argue for the integration of civics teaching in disciplinary courses and share classroom teaching ideas that cultivate civic identity and virtues. Feeling empowered, they widened the scope of their work to include a campus-wide learning community and civic survey audits to target professional learning opportunities. Through collected data and lessons learned, they demonstrate the moves needed to reclaim higher education’s core democratic purpose.
Recommended Citation
Maher, Amanda O. and Beaubien, Brigid
(2025)
"The Time is Now, The Time is Always: Moving Civics from the Classroom to the Campus,"
eJournal of Public Affairs: Vol. 12:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/ejopa/vol12/iss1/6
