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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.
Dayna Cunningham, founder and executive director of the Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) at MIT and a civil rights attorney who has devoted her career to promoting civic participation, building community partnerships, and advocating for underrepresented communities, has been named the next Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of Tisch College.
The Tufts Votes 2020 website brings together news, research, resources, and other timely nonpartisan information about the 2020 elections on campus and beyond. Get informed, get involved, and vote!
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Education
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The Civic Studies major is an interdisciplinary field of study that provides an intellectually rigorous foundation to engaging with communities and solving problems. -
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. -
In partnership with Amigos de las Americas, we're offering an online gap semester program that allows students to enjoy a virtual "volunteership" and for-credit Tufts coursework.
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. -
Our newest research center focuses on publishing expert, scholarly, nonpartisan analyses on pending legislation and ballot questions in Massachusetts.
Practice
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Tisch College's student-led voter education and engagement initiative works to ensure that all Tufts students are registered and ready to vote in every election cycle. -
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
- Data on barriers to youth voting from Tisch College's CIRCLE and IDHE research teams informs this piece on efforts to suppress the student vote.The Nation
- Tisch College and our Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIIRCLE) were two of the lead institutions in this groundbreaking effort to transform civic education in the United States.Associated Press
- Reporting on the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap cites Peter Levine, Associated Dean of Tisch College and one of the principal investigators of the initiative.The Fulcrum
News & Updates
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Trina Sanyal, A21, juggled many passions at Tufts, including architecture, community education, and comedy.
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Alejandro Baez, A21, cites helping others as a “guiding principle” in his pull toward community health
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Speaking at a Tisch College event, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talked about her career and her aspirations for young people today. -
Three students received a total of $900 to support valuable research with implications for local communities. -
Dean Alan Solomont will retire at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. -
Tufts students and faculty, working in partnership with community leaders from The Welcome Project in Somerville, learned valuable lessons from adapting their research due to COVID-19. -
The panel, hosted by the Tisch College Community Research Center, highlighted perspectives from students in various disciplines. -
The university-wide school of civic engagement highlights six ways they’re working to create greater racial equality at Tufts and beyond. -
The grants will support research initiatives that bring together Tufts faculty with local organizations to focus on questions that address issues in Tufts' surrounding communities. -
Our experts will be co-principal investigators and co-authors of a comprehensive report on how to improve civic education in America. -
Tisch College will move into Barnum Hall at the beginning of 2020, a physical change that symbolizes our impact and potential at the center of campus life. -
At this year's prison education symposium hosted by thePrison Initiative of Tisch College, formerly incarcerated scholar Stanley Andrisse shared how his path from prison to Ph.D. highlights the transformative potential of higher education.