Current Discussion Question

Contributors:

James A. Barry
Visiting Associate Professor
New Century College

Frank Blechman
Clinical Faculty
MS Program Coordinator
Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution

Joel Clark
Public and International Affairs

Joel Garreau
Senior Fellow & George Cook Distinguished Fellow
The School of Public Policy

Margaret R. Yocom
Associate Professor
Department of English

Teresa Michals
Director
The Mason Topics Program

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Discussion Question
for Spring 2001

Discussion Question for Fall 2000:

A growing concern on campuses across the country is the lack of student participation in civic life. In presidential election years, this lack of commitment becomes even more pronounced. What specifically are you doing in your classes to increase student involvement in the 2000 election specifically and, more generally, to enhance student citizenship in our democratic society?