Our new Civic Semester program will allow incoming undergraduates spend their first Tufts semester abroad combining learning and community work
The Presidential Award is the highest recognition for service, leadership, and civic engagement conferred by Tufts University.
At a Tisch College event, U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley told a Tufts audience about her efforts to bring previously excluded communities to the political table.
In a panel discussion hosted by Tisch College, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and three Massachusetts congresswomen talked about the urgent need to support childcare providers.
Youth turnout went up in all 34 states for which we have data, according to research from Tisch College's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE).
At a Tisch College event, former Republican senator Jeff Flake, told a Tufts audience that voters need to value politicians who govern on their principles.
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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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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. -
The Tufts Civic Semester and Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year allow incoming students to start their education with unique experiential learning opportunities around the world.
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.
- The Hill reports on Tisch College research showing that, in every state, young voters participated at higher levels in the 2018 midterm elections.The Hill
- Rey Junco, of Tisch College’s CIRCLE, is quoted at length about youth political and civic engagement.The Sun Chronicle
- Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Dreictor of our Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE), shares Tisch College research that supports lowering the voting age.WGBH News
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Giving shout-outs to student groups, the actor and activist told grads of the Class of 2019 to “write your own script”. -
Veterinary student Cindy Cesar, a 2019 inductee to Tisch College's Honos Civicus Society, overcame obstacles to reach her goals and now helps others do the same. -
Presented by Tisch College's Distinguished Speaker Series, the author and interfaith leader delivered the Tufts University Russell Lecture on Spiritual Life. -
The event was part of Tisch College's Program for Public Humanities. -
Brian Schaffner, Tisch College's Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies, finds that after horrifying gun violence, political opinions on the topic become more rigidly divided. -
Nancy Marks, Tisch College's community-service learning coordinator at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, leads art workshops for family members and friends of those suffering addiction’s devastation. -
At an event co-sponsored by Tisch College, SMFA alum Kim Berman spoked about co-founding a printmaking center in her native South Africa that encourages artists to bring positive change. -
In response to the administration's immigration policies, Risam and her team used data to tell stories about what was happening at the border and beyond. -
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.