The American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU’s) American Democracy Project (ADP) is pleased to partner with
Up to Us in the Civic Solutions: Problem-Solving Through the Up to Us Case
Competition, a spring 2023 semester initiative for faculty, staff, and students.
Details
The
Up to Us Case Competition asks teams of students nationwide to consider complex policy problems through a fiscal lens and develop innovative and equitable solutions. Students will respond to prompts addressing the rising national debt in the context of growing climate concerns, the affordability of
higher education, or rising health care costs by proposing creative yet practical solutions that consider the often competing — yet critical — aspects of the policymaking process: equitable policy development, prudent fiscal management, and long-term political feasibility. In the spring of 2023, teams
will submit their policy solutions to an expert panel of judges with a 4–7-minute video presentation and a 1-page policy memo. The judging panel will select the first-place winning team for the $5,000 grand prize, and award $1,000 prizes to the second through fifth-place teams. One student from each of
the top 5 winning teams will also earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Conference in Boston, MA from May 31 – June 3, 2023 to present their finalist submissions.
ADP will provide participating faculty and staff with resources and learning tools that support students in their journey to develop fiscal thinking, advocacy experience, creative problem solving, and civic engagement skills. Please explore the
Case Competition Brief and the
project website to learn more about this initiative.
Participants
AASCU participants include:
Valued colleagues are also joining from:
- Finger Lakes Community College
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Wayne State University