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Plater, William M. – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2017
Higher education serves as an agent of social change that plays a significant role in the development of socially conscious and engaged students. The duty higher education has toward society, the role for-profit educational institutions play in enhancing the public good, and the prospect of making social change an element of these providers'…
Descriptors: Social Change, Civics, Higher Education, Private Colleges
Louisiana State Univ., Shreveport. – 1989
The Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS) American Studies Program is an annual sequence of interdisciplinary activities on and off campus designed to bring students, faculty, and local residents into closer contact with their American heritage and develop their leadership potential. It addresses the problem of lapses in current civic…
Descriptors: American Studies, Civics, College Students, Community Involvement
Vetter, Donald P.; Vigliotti, Mark A. – 1977
Community resources, learning activities, teaching tips, field trip suggestions, and other sources available in Carroll County, Maryland, for use by K-12 teachers in developing, planning, and implementing citizenship education programs in the social studies classroom are provided. The first chapter examines procedures to be followed by teachers…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Class Activities, Community Involvement