Upcoming Events

Information, Recordings, and Resources from Past Events

The CLDE Coalition will have sessions at the following upcoming events. Details will be posted as they are available.

• Complete College America Annual Meeting, November 18-20, 2024
  Degrees of Democracy: Rebuilding Confidence in the Value of a College Degree
  SESSION RECORDING

  This session will explore the vital connections between college completion and a thriving democracy. Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva, CCA President, will kick off the session with updates on the college completion movement. A distinguished panel will then discuss strategies for rebuilding public confidence in the value of a college degree.

  Panelists:

  • Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva, President, Complete College America

  • Chris Lowery, Commissioner, Indiana Commission on Higher Education

  • Dr. Nicola Blake, Senior Fellow for Strategic Initiatives and Student Success, City University of New York

  • Darryl Cooper, Member of the Class of 2025, Howard University

  • Dr. Carol Geary Schneider, Senior Advisor, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition (CLDE) and the CLDE Multi-State Collaborative (MSC)

• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities Annual Conference, November 20-22, 2024

• New England Commission of Higher Education, December 4-6, 2024

• American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, January 22-24, 2025
  Every Student, Every Degree: From Vision to Full Participation—How Campus Leaders Are Making Civic Learning Both Inclusive and Transformative
  AAC&U and other national organizations in the CLDE Coalition are calling on higher education to move civic learning from "neglected to expected" for every student in every degree pathway. Grounded in the CLDE Coalition's newly released report, Every Student, Every Degree (September 2024). This extended session will begin with a panel of campus leaders from "full participation institutions" who have already made civic learning part of their degree requirements. Following that, a panel of students will offer their candid reflections on their own meaningful civic learning. The panel will discuss how their programs relate to the new Civic Learning and Democracy (CLDE) Framework for college civic learning that includes Democracy Knowledge and Levers for Change, Bridge-Building and Problem-Solving Skills, Practical Experience and Projects, and Career-Related Civic and Ethical Learning.

  Thursday, January 23, 9:30-10:45 am

  Moderators: Nancy Shapiro – Senior Advisor, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (CLDE) and Dawn Michele Whitehead, Vice President – AAC&U

  Panelists:

  • Maggie Atherton – Student, Salisbury University

  • Nicola Blake – Senior Fellow for Strategic Initiatives and Student Success Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost, City University of New York (CUNY)

  • Taylor Easter – Student, Widener University

  • David Kirkpatrick – Vice President and Chief of Staff, Office of the President; Secretary to the Board of Visitors; Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, James Madison University

  • Liora Petter-Lipstein – Student, University of Maryland

  • Alexander Pope – Associate Professor, Department of Secondary and Physical Education and Director, Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, Salisbury University

  • Dylan Rexroth – Graduate, George Washington University

• Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2025

• Rollins College and Institute for Citizens & Scholars, John Dewey 90 Years Later: How the Liberal Arts Strengthen Democracy, February 24-25, 2025

• Compact25: Uniting through Public Purpose: Coalition Building for Impact, March 31-April 2, 2025

• WASC ARC2025: Vision and Fundamentals, April 2-4, 2025

• Higher Learning 2025, April 5-8, 2025

• SHEEO Policy Conference, August 11-14, 2025