OPINION: Higher Ed Civic Engagement In The Post-Ferguson Era Means We Get Uncomfortable
Over the last few years the events in Ferguson, Baltimore and Charleston have elevated the need for fresh discussion in the higher education civic engagement space on how to thoughtfully frame the tensions that emerge in our theory and inform our practice [1]. Much of the field’s discourse around the philosophical foundations of engagement have rested on the thoughts of John Dewey; and in particular, his thinking on how to transform society – through an educated citizenry –