Save the date! July 18 -21, 2012
What: TDI’s next national conference
Where: Tufts University, Boston
More information coming soon…

Shared Futures/Difficult Choices: Reclaiming a Democratic Vision for College Learning, Global Engagement, and Success
When: January 25-28, 2012
Where: Washington, DC.
For more information, click here.

Call for proposals: due March 12, 2012
What: American Democracy Project (ADP) National Meeting
When: June 7-9, 2012
Where: San Antonio, Texas
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Understanding political and economic inequality
November, 2011

Read the conference report from No Better Time (2009), read session summaries, and link to a broad range of resources here.

Civility: It's all the rage - March 6, 2011

Twelve Positive Signs for the New Year - December 17, 2010

Educating for Civic Literacy and "Informed" Engagement - December 11, 2010

Civic Skills and Federal Policy - May 14, 2010

Educational Achievement Gap - April 29, 2010

What's TDI Talking About? - March 30, 2010

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TDI’s Special Higher Education Issue of the Journal of Public Deliberation is on-line and open source. You’ll find an updated version of TDI’s framing paper, as well as papers on communication, philosophy, political science and more. For more on TDI’s catalyst papers, click here

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