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Today we’re announcing something BIG. By 2029, C&S will spark 20 million young people to step up as civic problem-solvers. Showing up. Working across differences. Moving the country forward—together. Like this post if you’re in. cands.org

"I am not exaggerating when I say it has changed my life." — Kathy Cramer on @UWMadison's Discussion Project buff.ly/P2zE77C

"We are continuing to combat the myth of general education as a barrier to career preparation." — @ufindlay, VP of Academic Affairs Christine Denecker buff.ly/APATNPG

Voting is where civic life should start, not end. C&S President Rajiv Vinnakota in @Forbes on giving young people more ways in. buff.ly/a2i4BSW

This fall, @SUNY requires Civic Discourse for undergraduates. buff.ly/5VE4CNV

Three campuses, three approaches to civic learning that complement general education. buff.ly/APATNPG

Event ads in parking garages. Lyft vouchers to the polls. How @MontclairStateU meets commuter students where they are. buff.ly/P2zE77C

What shapes a vote gets built long before Election Day. buff.ly/P2zE77C

Event ads in parking garages. Lyft vouchers to the polls. How @MontclairStateU meets commuter students where they are. buff.ly/5VE4CNV

"Employers and communities increasingly need graduates who can think critically, communicate effectively across differences, evaluate information responsibly…" — @PITedu President Matt Meyers. buff.ly/APATNPG

"We see this as an essential part of the core holistic learning our students must do to engage productively in society." — @univofdayton President Eric Spina.

What shapes a vote gets built long before Election Day. buff.ly/5VE4CNV

Four common assumptions about civic learning in general education, and what campuses are finding instead. From The New Core: buff.ly/cg4bf0D

College doesn't just prepare students for careers. It shapes the citizens they become. buff.ly/AGiKq4I

21 colleges and universities are joining C&S's Campuswide Immersion to make civic preparation part of every student's college experience. Learning to disagree and still get things done starts here. Meet Cohort 4: buff.ly/E7nmcIC

"Teaching and learning for democratic vitality is the moral imperative of our times." — Damián Fernández, Warren Wilson College

Gen Z is using AI more and trusting it less. In @Newsweek, C&S's Audra Watson says young people "are engaged; they have ideas." What they need is a place to start. buff.ly/xnbvhhM

What happens when young people care deeply about the world around them, but don’t always know how to turn that concern into action? Jessica Sutter and Divya Baron explore that gap in the latest episode of The Civic Generation. Listen here: buff.ly/Emay2RT

Employers in the age of AI want grads who can communicate, collaborate, and solve problems. Sounds a lot like good citizenship. C&S President Rajiv Vinnakota in @Forbes: civic skills are job skills. buff.ly/2LpPFYX

At @PittTweet, students pick the topics and run the debates. buff.ly/AGiKq4I

General education reaches all students. Colleges are making it count. 800 courses revamped and 15,500+ students reached across the schools we surveyed. buff.ly/cg4bf0D