Developing and assessing personal and social responsibility in college

Description:

In 2007, wanting to expand higher education's civic engagement conversation, the Association of American Colleges and Universities launched the Core Commitments Initiative. That initiative focused attention on personal and social responsibility as outcomes of a college education, with the understanding that such a focus would return American higher education to its historical purpose of preparing active and engaged citizens. Expanding the conversation this way leaves room for behavioral measures, like voting or hours spent in community service, but also opens our understanding of citizenship t.

subjects: Higher Education,  Study and teaching (Higher),  Social aspects,  Moral education (Higher),  Social justice,  Student ethics,  Responsibility in adolescence,  EDUCATION,  Universities and colleges,  Higher,  Education, higher

Places: United States