Civic Thought

Cultivating the human capacity for thinking and acting as a citizen

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In Search of Good Citizens and Civic Leaders?

By J. Cherie Strachan

Center for the Future of the American University

February 10, 2026

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Civic Education for Civic Capacities

By Andrew J. Perrin

Center for the Future of the American University

February 10, 2026

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Can Civic Thought Reach Students Alienated from Civic Life?

By Ari Kohn

Center for the Future of the American University

February 10, 2026

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‘The Rise and Fall of Rational Control’ Review: To Think and Make It So

By Samuel Goldman

The Wall Street Journal

January 30, 2026

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A solution to campus extremism

By Robert P. George

Wall Street Journal

November 30, 2025

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On Saving the Humanities

By Solveig Gold & Joshua Katz

Center for the Future of the American University

November 10, 2025

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What has Civics to Do with Literature?

By Michael Clune

Center for the Future of the American University

November 10, 2025

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Why Schools of Civic Thought Matter

By Benjamin Storey & Jenna Silber Storey

City Journal

October 24, 2025

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2025 Constitution Day Address

By Yuval Levin

Speech given at Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs

September 18, 2025

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Civics, Partisanship, and the Academy

By Daniel DiSalvo & Carlo Invernizzi Accetti

National Affairs

Fall 2025

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The Education of a Statesman

By Hans Zeiger

National Affairs

Fall 2025

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Why Civic Thought?

By Benjamin Storey & Jenna Silber Storey
AEIdeas
May 14, 2025

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Civic Thought and Political Science

By James R. Stoner, Jr.
National Affairs
Winter 2025

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A New Hope for Saving the Universities

By Yuval Levin

Commentary

September 2024

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Will Republicans Save the Humanities?

By Benjamin Storey & Jenna Silber Storey

Chronicle of Higher Education
June 20, 2024

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Civic Thought: A Proposal for University-Level Civic Education

By Benjamin Storey & Jenna Silber Storey
American Enterprise Institute
December 2023

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A New Birth of Freedom in Higher Education: Civic Institutes at Public Universities

By Paul Carrese
American Enterprise Institute
January 2023

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PODCASTS AND CONVERSATIONS

How Ben Sasse Is Living Now That He Is Dying

CFAU scholar Ben Sasse joins Ross Douthat on Interesting Times

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What Is The Alliance For Civics In The Academy?

The Alliance for Civics in the Academy hosted What is the Alliance for Civics in the Academy? with Josiah Ober,…

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Learning to Govern Ourselves

Jonah Goldberg talks civic education with Benjamin and Jenna Storey

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Can Higher Education Help Renovate American Democracy?

Jenna Silber Storey on a Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Webinar

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The Importance of Civic Education

Robert George event at Benedictine College

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Civics is a Discipline

Jenna Silber Storey on the First Things Podcast

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AEI CONFERENCES

The Future of the American University: Civic Education, Past and Present

With Benjamin Storey | Jenna Silber Storey | Yuval Levin

May 14, 2025

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Civic Thought and Practice : The Intellectual Foundations of Citizenship

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center

May 16-17, 2025

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CIVIC THOUGHT EVENTS AROUND THE NATION

May

18-19

2026

Jack Miller Center 4th National Summit on Civic Education

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CFAU’S CIVIC THOUGHT IN THE NEWS

Johns Hopkins works to bolster intellectual pluralism across the university

Johns Hopkins University HUB

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A Both/And Revolution in College Civic Education

Brook Manville
The Civic Bargain

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