Nancy Thomas is director of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education, an applied research center at the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Over the past decade, the IDHE has worked to understand how college students vote and make recommendations to university leaders about both short-term voting challenges and long-term obligations to creating democratic citizens. This conversations covers both of those areas, as well as what role faculty can play in fostering democracy and civic engagement in their courses.

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Institute for Democracy and Higher Education

National Voter Registration Day

Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights

Campus Election Engagement Project

All In Campus Democracy Challenge

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