While the Truman Commission stated that educating for democracy "should come first ... among the principal goals for higher education," today, society asks colleges and universities to prepare individuals for jobs in a cost-effective and accessible way. 

The White House Domestic Policy Council recently asked Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service to explore this challenge through aNational Summit on Civic Learning and National Service. 

Participants came from institutions as diverse as Brown University in Rhode Island and the Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona. 

Renewing Higher Education's Mission of Democracy _ Alan D.pdf