“Political discussion has always been seen as a best practice of civic education,” Matto said. “There’s plenty of solid research that demonstrates that campuses that have a culture in which students are often given opportunities or find themselves in political discussions … can be an enriching learning experience.”
Topic
political advocacy
Rehearsing Democracy: Helping Rutgers Students Move from Thinking to Doing
Dean Stuart Shapiro sits down with Nicholas Longo, director of the Rutgers Democracy Lab, to talk about building a “rehearsal space for democracy” at Rutgers. They dig into the crisis facing democracy today: polarization, eroding trust, and isolation — and how student-driven civic engagement can help meet it.