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Tufts Civic Semester

Incoming Tufts students can apply for this transformational first-semester program combining academic and experiential learning with a focus on community engagement and social and environmental justice in either Urumbaba, Peru or Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Alumni Profile: Bethany Kirby

Bethany Kirby’s, A19, path to providing access to quality educational opportunities and to addressing inequity began as a student at Tufts University, where she was introduced to the Jumpstart program, housed at Tisch College.
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Civic Studies Courses

Tisch College is at the forefront of a growing academic discipline: Civic Studies. Civic Studies is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on critical reflection, ethical thinking, and action for social change, within and between societies.
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Big Data for Democracy

Tisch College has one of the biggest research teams in the U.S. devoted to understanding the challenges to our democracy—and the opportunities to build and sustain it. We use that scholarship to inform our own programming at Tufts and to drive national conversations about voting and elections, the role of citizens, the health of democratic institutions, and the power of young people.

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Find Your Civic Pathway

At Tisch College, every Tufts student—whatever their field of study, school or degree program—has a pathway to civic engagement.

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Find Your Civic Pathway

At Tisch College, every Tufts student—whatever their field of study, school or degree program—has a pathway to civic engagement.

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Events

Jan
08

Tisch Summer Fellows Virtual Information Session

Jan
15

Tisch Summer Fellows In-Person Information Session

Jan
24

Tisch Summer Fellows Virtual Information Session

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