Civic Engagement Program Partners
AASCU is committed to helping our members graduate the next generation of informed and engaged citizens. To this end, AASCU and the American Democracy Project (ADP) rely on a select group of partners to provide updates, guidance and thought leadership on an array of issues impacting civic engagement and democratic leadership in higher education.
AASCU gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Civic Engagement Program Partners:
The Democracy Commitment (TDC) is a national civic engagement project for community colleges that aims to engage community college students in civic learning and democratic practice. The goal of the project is for every graduate of an American community college to have an education in democracy. This includes all community colleges students, whether they aim to transfer to a four-year college or university, to achieve an associate degree or to obtain a certificate.
For more information, visit thedemocracycommitment.org
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge believes that more young people need to participate in our electoral process. By recognizing colleges and universities for their commitment to increasing their student voting rates, and by honoring those that do, this national awards program encourages higher education institutions to help college students form the habits of active and informed citizenship. Hundreds of colleges and universities have joined the challenge and are committed to making democratic participation a core value on their campuses. Together, they are cultivating generations of engaged citizens, who are essential for a healthy democracy.
To learn more or to sign up, visit allinchallenge.org
At nonprofit ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for people worldwide by creating high-quality assessments based on rigorous research. Institutions of higher education rely on ETS to help them demonstrate student learning outcomes and promote student success and institutional effectiveness.
For more information, visit
www.ets.org/highered
The Kettering Foundation is a nonprofit operating foundation rooted in the American tradition of cooperative research. Kettering’s primary research question is, what does it take to make democracy work as it should? Kettering’s research is distinctive because it is conducted from the perspective of citizens and focuses on what people can do collectively to address problems affecting their lives, their communities, and their nation.
For more information, visit
www.kettering.org
NASPA is the leading association for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the student affairs profession. NASPA serves a full range of professionals who provide programs, experiences, and services that cultivate student learning and success in concert with the mission of member colleges and universities. Established in 1918 and founded in 1919, NASPA is comprised of over 15,000 members in all 50 states, 25 countries, and 8 U.S. Territories.
For more information, visit
www.naspa.org
The mission of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is to complete President Reagan’s unfinished work and to preserve the timeless principles he championed: individual liberty, economic opportunity, global democracy and national pride. Specifically, the mission of the new Reagan Institute operating as an entity of the Foundation from both the Reagan Library in California as well as in Washington, D.C., is to move well beyond the Foundation’s mission to preserve the memory of our 40th President. The Reagan Institute proactively promotes his ideals, vision, and leadership example for the benefit of generations to come through youth education and academic alliances, scholarly work, and substantive, issue-driven forums.
For more information, visit
www.reaganfoundation.org/
TurboVote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that helps students engage successfully in their democracy. Institutions nationwide use TurboVote to strategically - and easily - promote and monitor voter engagement. Through TurboVote, students can register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and receive reminders with important election information, dates and deadlines.
For more information, visit
www.turbovote.org
Yellowstone Forever—formerly the Yellowstone Association and Yellowstone Park Foundation—is the official nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Forever connects people to Yellowstone through outstanding visitor experiences and educational programs, and translates those experiences into lifelong support and philanthropic investment to conserve and enhance the park for the future. The opportunities Yellowstone Forever provides for volunteerism and community relations develop and engage new stewards for the park. Through thoughtful cultivation and stewardship of people who love the park, Yellowstone Forever is building a broad network of philanthropic supporters dedicated to preserving the park.Yellowstone Forever’s mission of engagement and support through education and fundraising for the park will ensure Yellowstone remains for generations to come.
For more information, visit
www.yellowstone.org/
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