
Civic Knowledge
This series of research products addresses what young Americans know and do not know about politics and related topics and how civic knowledge can be fostered in various institutions.
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Preparing for College: Enrolling, Education, and Advancing Latinos
June 22 – June 23 CIRCLE Research Director Mark Hugo Lopez will be attending “Preparing for College: Enrolling, Educating, and Advancing Latinos,” hosted by Raul Yzaguirre and the Arizona State University Center for Community Development and Civil Rights.
Emerging Scholars in K-12 Service-Learning
CIRCLE and colleagues from Brandeis and University of California, Berkeley, are pleased to announce the Emerging Scholar participants in this year’s special conference on K-12 service-learning research (June 14- June 16). This is the first of a series of meetings on this topic. Applications for future meetings will be accepted in the near future. The Read More >
Working Paper 06: The Role of Civic Skills in Fostering Civic Engagement

by Mary Kirlin June 2003 “As we will see, the idea of a set of skills, usually called civic skills, which are required to effectively participate in civic and political life, is integral to many concepts of political participation. This literature search is designed to investigate what is known about civic skills empirically and theoretically Read More >