Distributed June 16, 2000 For Immediate Release |
News Service Contact: Kristen Cole
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News Advisory College presidents convene to mobilize campuses for civic work Fifty college and university presidents will meet in Philadelphia June 26-27, 2000, to develop strategies for increasing civic engagement among the country’s youth and to call upon U.S. presidential candidates to put the issue on the national agenda. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Presidents from a cross section of the nation’s colleges and universities will convene in Philadelphia June 26-27 to learn about current strategies and develop new strategies to foster civic engagement on campuses. They will also draft a charge to U.S. presidential candidates to put the issue on the national agenda. Representatives of the Bush and Gore campaigns plan to attend the colloquium to respond. Organized by Campus Compact and the University of Pennsylvania, the colloquium is a follow-up to a meeting last Fourth of July, when campus presidents issued a commitment to lead a national movement to reinvigorate the public purposes and civic mission of higher education. The two-day event will include discussions about mobilizing students, faculty and institutional resources, and will end with the call to action to the nation’s next commander-in-chief. What Who Where When ###### |