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Civic Studies

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Tufts Named a Top Institution for Community Engagement

The Carnegie Classification recognizes the university-community partnerships that advance the public good

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The Conversation

OpenAI is a nonprofit-corporate hybrid: A management expert explains how this model works − and how it fueled the tumult around CEO Sam Altman’s short-lived ouster

Tisch College and Fletcher School Professor Alnoor Ebrahim explains the “hybrid governance” structure of Open AI in the wake of its recent leadership tumult.

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The Boston Globe

Massachusetts should move local elections to even-numbered years

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of CIRCLE, and Peter Levine, Tisch College associate dean, co-author this opinion piece outlining the benefits of aligning local and federal elections to even-numbered years, which include fostering higher and more diverse voter turnout.

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The Washington Post

Opinion: How corporate liberalism is changing both parties

Tufts University and Tisch College Professor Eitan Hirsch is quoted in this op-ed piece on the relationship between corporations and the democratic process.

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Jackson Lubke’s Window Into Housing Equity

The budding economics researcher studies gentrification, wealth economics, and the power of home ownership

Attendees at the 2019 Frontiers of Democracy conference

Civic Studies Goes Global

A new Civic Studies institute in Spain highlights the growing international reach of this academic discipline advanced by Tisch College.

Tufts students cheer during JumboVote 2018 election night watch party

Tisch College Year in Review: 2018-2019

Check out what we were up to in the past academic year: new student programs, election-year research, exciting speakers and more!

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18601km - A Home away from Home

Tufts Civic Semester Fellow Yong Quan Tan shares his experience moving halfway around the world for this transformative educational opportunity.

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Civic Education Project Co-Led by Tisch College Receives $650,000 Grant

Our experts will be co-principal investigators and co-authors of a comprehensive report on how to improve civic education in America.

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