Countering The Decline of Civic Knowledge | Justin Dyer

SEP 19, 202426 MIN
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Countering The Decline of Civic Knowledge | Justin Dyer

SEP 19, 202426 MIN

Description

On this episode of Anchored, Soren is joined by Justin Dyer, Dean of the School of Civic Leadership and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. They discuss some of the benefits and resources that come with big, public universities like UT. They dive into the development and purpose of UT’s new civic honors major and School of Civic Leadership. They conclude by discussing the decline of general civic knowledge and some of the educational reasons for it.