Colleges & Universities: Hubs of Civic Preparedness

June 16, 2025

 

Beverly Sanford of Citizens & Scholars hosts a conversation with President Suzanne Rivera of Macalester College and Dr. Elizabeth Matto of the Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University.

President Rivera and Dr. Matto share tangible examples from their campuses on ways they are committed to being hubs of civic preparedness. They’re integrating dialogue into all parts of campus life including setting up spaces where students can have “a juicy meatball of a conversations,” providing a wide range of opportunities from hackathons to murals, and professional development for their faculty at Faculty Institute.

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