The Quest for Solutions That Unite: Why we must embrace and reinvigorate higher education's civic mission.

HIGHER education; EXPERIENTIAL learning; CIVICS education; COLLEGE students; HIGHER education & state; UNIVERSITIES & colleges

The article analyzes the meeting "Cultivating a Just and Inclusive Democracy" that the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) held in collaboration with James Madison University. It is noted that with a focus on how to model civil discourse without being partisan, how to engage all students in practicing the skills of democracy, and how to build environments of meaningful engagement with differing perspectives were topics of discussion at the meeting.