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.
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Dean Alan Solomont shares his insights on how Barnum/Dana reinforces the college’s central role in the life of the university.
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Featured Research
Throughout the 2020 primaries, Tisch College's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) is providing comprehensive data and analysis of young voters' participation and impact on the Democratic nominating contests.
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.
In the News
- The Boston Globe highlights the launch of Tisch College's new Center for State Policy Analysis.The Boston Globe
- Our Dean Alan Solomont is quoted in this piece on Tisch College's new Center for State Policy Analysis.ComonWealth Magazine
- An exclusive Iowa youth poll from Tisch College's CIRCLE's research team provides context to Joe Biden's campaigning in the final days before the Iowa caucuses.Reuters
News & Updates
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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. -
Tisch College was pleased to co-host writer and Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as she highlighted the nuances and dangers of modern antisemitism. -
The new Tufts Campaign School is a six-day course in the winter term designed to train students about political campaigns ahead of the 2020 election. -
Tisch College was honored to co-sponsor the Supreme Court Justice's visit to Tufts, where she told thousands of students we all need to speak up and be heard—and be willing to engage with others. -
Tisch College's Peter de Guzman, who spearheaded our JumboVote initiative, joined the Tufts undergraduates as they shared their experiences and mentored other students from across the country. -
A $100K grant from the Cummings Foundation will fund this Tisch College program that supports associate degrees for people in a Massachusetts correctional institution -
Tisch College supported this innovative course through which Tufts students shareed food, art, and nutritional advice with members of Boston’s Chinatown community. -
Tisch College joined leaders from the various health science professional schools for an induction ceremony in Boston's Chinatown. -
More than 70 undergraduates, four graduate students, and 21 Fletcher students were inducted at poignant ceremonies on the Medford campus. -
Giving shout-outs to student groups, the actor and activist told grads of the Class of 2019 to “write your own script”.