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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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Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Civic Stakes of Organizational Disagreement

In this article, the first in a series curated by Professor of the Practice Ahmmad Brown, Dean Dayna Cunningham and Associate Dean Peter Levine explore how institutions understand and exercise their roles amid disagreement.
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