On behalf of E. Carol Polifroni, Director of Engagement and David Gregorio, Chair of the Public Engagement Forum:
Faculty and staff are invited to a meeting of the Public Engagement Forum, 2:30 – 4:00 PM on Thursday, December 4 in Oak Hall 408.
The agenda is a discussion of A Crucible Moment, the 2012 report of the National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement.
A Crucible Moment calls on the higher education community—its constituents and stakeholders—to embrace civic learning and democratic engagement as an undisputed educational priority for all of higher education, public and private, two-year and four-year. While all parts of the higher education enterprise need to build civic capital for our society, the focus of this report is on undergraduate education. Such engagement will require constructing environments where education for democracy and civic responsibility is pervasive, not partial; central, not peripheral.
A call to UConn action….
A Crucible Moment may be found at: http://engagement.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/154/2014/10/Crucible_508F.pdf
For more information, contact: Mary Feathers at engagement@uconn.edu