The only university-wide college of its kind, Tisch College studies and promotes the civic and political engagement of young people at Tufts University, in our communities, and in our democracy.
We’re excited to announce a diverse lineup of engaging Tisch College speakers in Spring 2019! Join us for our Distinguished Speaker Series, Civic Life Lunches, and events co-sponsored with partners across the Tufts campus.
Featured Research
Tisch College's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) is producing exclusive data and leading analysis of how young people shaped the 2018 elections.
Education
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Tisch College creates or directly supports a variety of courses students to learn about vital aspects of civic life. -
Each summer, more than 100 Tufts students hone their professional skills while contributing to communities near and far through substantive summer internships that pursue the public good. -
Our Tufts 1+4 program offers a transformational experience for incoming Tufts students who can participate in a year of service learning, at home or around the world, before starting their studies on campus.
Research
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Tisch College's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement conducts some of the nation's leading research on youth voting, civic education, and young people's participation in democracy. -
Our Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, which studies and promotes the political learning and engagement of college students, will soon release aggregate data on voting and registration rates of students in more than 1,000 institutions. -
Through rigorous scholarship focused on values, facts, and strategies, Civic Studies strives to provide the intellectual foundation to the movement to strengthen our communities and our democracy.
Practice
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Our partnerships with local governments and organizations, in our host communities and beyond, strengthen our work and help us better achieve our mission. -
Tisch College supports the Tufts chapter of Jumpstart, an early education organization that helps local children in underserved schools thrive. -
Founded and housed at Tisch College, this international association of universities committed to strengthening civic life globalizes our mission and expands our impact around the world.
In the News
- In a letter to the editor, Nancy Thomas, Director of our Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, talks about the distressing trend of increased barriers to student voting.The Washington Post
- This feature on youth voting reported from Tufts University cites our exclusive data, quotes our leaders and experts, and highlights our JumboVote initiative.The Christian Science Monitor
- Rey Junco, Senior Researcher at Tisch College's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE), shares some of our latest research on youth activism.WGBH Greater Boston
News & Updates
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The new program, in collaboration with Bunker Hill Community College, offers prisoners at MCI-Concord a chance to earn a college degree. -
Sara Ladrón de Guevara, Rector of Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico, has been chosen for the role. -
Former Congressman Steve Israel and alum Filmmaker Sarah Ullman say that voters can disarm the gun lobby. -
A Tufts alumna and former Tisch Summer Fellow is helping lead a startup trying to encourage recent college grads to go into local government. -
At a Tisch College Civic Life eLunch, Liz Walker tells a Tufts audience about a community effort to help those suffering from the effects of trauma. -
A new poll from Tisch College's CIRCLE researchers shows high interest in midterms among youngest voters and strong support for Democrats. -
Tisch College is involved in one of these outstanding research projects: Equity in Health, Wealth, and Civic Engagement -
Invisible particles in the air are responsible for three of the top ten causes of ill health and death worldwide, warns a new book by Tisch College Senior Fellow Doug Brugge. -
Released by Tisch College's Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, "Election Imperatives" challenges universities to improve democratic engagement for 2018 midterms and beyond. -
Tisch College proudly supports the Talloires Abbey Digital Humanities Project, which helps preserve and share the history of what is now the Tufts European Center. -
As part of an effort supported by Tisch College, students learn to do the math to counter gerrymandering in this summer’s Voting Rights Data Institute. -
Tish College's Institute for Democracy & Higher Education will study and promote best practices.for colleges and universities.