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The Edge: How Higher Ed Can Help Repair Our Democracy


I’m Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at
The Chronicle covering innovation in and around academe. Here’s what I’m thinking about this week.
Higher ed can help repair the fractures in our democracy. Really, it can.
First off, let’s acknowledge the obvious: It’s hard not to feel depressed and scared about the future of American democracy right now.
Nonetheless, I found myself oddly comforted last Friday when I picked up Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century. Published in June by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, it offers a sober account of the racial, economic, social, and political divisions racking our nation. For me, reading it just 48 hours after the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol (words I can still hardly believe I’m writing), was also a bit of a tonic. That’s because the report proposes dozens of intriguing ideas for bridging those chasms through social media, journalism, political reform, and c ....

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