CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN: 2018
CIVIC LEARNING AND DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING (CLDE18)
The American Democracy Project (ADP), The Democracy Commitment (TDC), and NASPA Lead Initiative are committed to
advancing the civic engagement movement in higher education. During this year’s Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (#CLDE18) Meeting in Anaheim, Ca. from June
6-9, 2018, our goal is to bring together our collective networks of faculty,
student affairs professionals, senior campus administrators, students, and
community partners to advance our work to ensure that students graduate from
our colleges and universities--both public and private--prepared to be the
informed, engaged citizens that our communities and our democracy need.
When submitting a proposal for this year's convening the
conference committee asks you to consider how to answer the four questions
proposed in our emergent theory of change and how these threads and
tags intersect with your work whether it be around assessment, political
engagement, community partnerships, service-learning, dialogue and
deliberation, and so forth.
This meeting is designed around our emergent theory of change
which poses four important questions:
1.
Purpose: What are the key features of the thriving democracy we aspire
to enact and support through our work?
2.
Learning Outcomes: What knowledge, skills, and dispositions do people need in
order to help create and contribute to a thriving democracy?
3.
Pedagogy: How can we best foster the acquisition and development of the
knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for a thriving democracy?
4.
Strategy: How can we build the institutional culture, infrastructure, and
relationships needed to support learning that enables a thriving democracy?
The theory of change also
suggests that campuses consider how best to construct campus cultures and
contexts that foster:
·
Civic Ethos of campus: The infusion of democratic values into the customs
and habits of everyday practices, structures, and interactions; the defining
character of the institution and those in it that emphasizes open-mindedness,
civility, the worth of each person, ethical behaviors, and concern for the
well-being of others; a spirit of public-mindedness that influences the goals
of the institution and its engagement with local and global communities.
·
Civic Literacy & Skill Building as a goal for every student:
The cultivation of foundational knowledge about fundamental principles and
debates about democracy expressed over time, both within the United States and
in other countries; familiarity with several key historical struggles,
campaigns, and social movements undertaken to achieve the full promise of
democracy; the ability to think critically about complex issues and to seek and
evaluate information about issues that have public consequences.
·
Civic Inquiry integrated within the majors and general education: The practice
of inquiring about the civic dimensions and public consequences of a subject of
study; the exploration of the impact of choices on different constituencies and
entities, including the planet; the deliberate consideration of differing points
of views; the ability to describe and analyze civic intellectual debates within
one’s major or areas of study.
·
Civic Action as lifelong practice: The capacity and commitment both to
participate constructively with diverse others and to work collectively to
address common problems; the practice of working in a pluralistic society and
world to improve the quality of people’s lives and the sustainability of the
planet; the ability to analyze systems in order to plan and engage in public
action; the moral and political courage to take risks to achieve a greater
public good.
·
Civic Agency involves the capacities of citizens to work collaboratively
across differences like partisan ideology, faith traditions, income, geography,
race, and ethnicity to address common challenges, solve problems and create
common ground; requires a set of individual skills, knowledge, and
predispositions; also involves questions of institutional design, particularly
how to constitute groups and institutions for sustainable collective action.
More details about the
meeting can be found here: 2018 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE)
Meeting.
Submit your Program
Proposal by Jan. 29, 2018 by visiting here: 2018 Civic Learning &
Democratic Engagement (CLDE) Meeting and learn more about the #CLDE18 Meeting at
the official meeting
website. Registration will open in November 2017.
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Stephanie
King
Assistant
Director for Knowledge Communities and CLDE Initiatives
NASPA
- Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
111
K Street, NE | 10th Floor
Washington,
DC 20002
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(202) 265-7500 ext. 1193 | efax (202) 280-1355 | fax (202) 898-5737
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