Teaching About America's Fiscal Future in the University's Core Curriculum

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ID12376848
AutoresSteven Galatas (Stephen F. Austin State University, autor correspondente), Cindy L Pressley (Stephen F. Austin State University), Cindy Pressley
Ano2010
Volume43
Fascículo2
Páginas323-326
Data de publicação2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1049096510000211
OpenAlexW1966840906
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas15

Civic engagement is increasingly recognized as a significant function of public universities. The university provides a variety of opportunities for civic engagement, including co-curricular activities, service learning opportunities, and specific majors and minors. This article reviews the attempt to embed civic engagement and civic education about the national debt and budget deficit issues in a university core curriculum course at Stephen F. Austin State University. We focus on specific issues of curriculum instruction and assessment of student learning of knowledge regarding the debt and deficit issues

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