We’re proud to announce a new collaboration with Lumina Foundation to develop a conceptual framework for higher education’s role in a democracy in question. U.S democracy faces multiple threats: racial injustice and social inequality, polarization that has given way to extremism and hate, disinformation campaigns, destabilized institutions and systems, and threats to academic freedom. Colleges and universities are central to addressing these threats.
The Students Learn Students Vote Coalition recently released a new resource, “Navigate the Coalition,” which helps make sense of the many organizations and partners in the SLSV coalition.
Campus Vote Project is hiring a Redistricting Manager through the end of the year. For more information, visit the CVP website.
UP TO US Voting Modules Fellowship: Mini-Grant Award Opportunity in collaboration with Project Pericles. Apply for the award online. Deadline is August 13, 2021.
We have our data and are in the throes of analyzing what has to be the most interesting election in recent memory. We plan to disseminate the campus reports - and release Democracy Counts 2020, our national report - in early September. Stay tuned via our newsletter, Twitter, and the website for updates in the weeks ahead.
Send us your campus photos!
Students at James Madison University
We've got a lot of publications on the way, including our 2020 national NSLVE report, and we want to feature you! Do you havephotos of events and activities during the 2020 election season, or other notable moments from the past year? Send them our way (idhe@tufts.edu) and get seen!
Summer Institute for Students
Here’s a don’t-miss opportunity for students interested in civil rights and racial justice. Join the Ride Revived Summer Leadership Institute from August 9-13, 2021 at Dillard University or virtually. Designed by students, civil rights leaders, scholars, and community organizers, this curriculum covers the history of civil rights in the US, the legal landscape, voter access, rights, and suppression, theories of oppression and intersectionality, the role of art and spirituality, organizing and direct action, and self care.
The Institute launches a movement leading toward a Freedom Ride to Washington, DC in 2022. Register here. For more information, contact kaylan.tanner@dillard.edu.
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The Institute for Democracy & Higher Education is dedicated to shifting institutional priorities, practices, and culture to advance student political learning, equity, and engagement in democracy. We fulfill our mission through research, resource development, and support for institutions interested in improving their campus political learning climate. The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) - the Institute’s signature initiative - is both a service to campuses to learn their student voting rates and a research database for IDHE.
The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University