National Leadership Council to Advance Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement for All
The National Leadership Council (NLC) to Advance Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement for All, is a new partnership that brings together influential national organizations committed to strengthening civic learning across higher education. The council will coordinate leadership, align strategies, and amplify collective impact to accelerate the growth of the college civic learning movement. By connectings institutions, state systems, national associations, policymakers, and philanthropic partneres, the NLC aims to make civic learning and democracy engagement an expected, measurable, and integral part of every student’s higher education experience.
Jonathan R. Alger, America 250 Fellow with the American Council on Education and the American Association of Colleges & Universities, chairs the National Leadership Council. Widely recognized for his leadership on the civic purposes of higher education, he is advancing a national agenda to strengthen civic learning and democratic engagement as a central component of every student's college experience through his work as the America 250 Fellow.
Members of the National Leadership Council to Advance Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement for All
Robert Anderson | President, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
John Bridgeland | Executive Chairman and CEO, More Perfect
Amy Dacey | Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics, American University
Andrew Delbanco | President, Teagle Foundation and Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies, Columbia University
Jennifer Domagal-Goldman | Executive Director, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge at Civic Nation
Martha Kanter | Board President and CEO Emerita, College Promise
Bobbie Laur | President, Campus Compact
Jamie Merisotis | President and CEO, Lumina Foundation
Thomas W. Merrill | Faculty Chair, CLDE Coalition, American University
Lynn Pasquerella | President, American Association of Colleges and Universities
Eboo Patel | Founder and President, Interfaith America
Mac Powell | President, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Carol Geary Schneider | Director, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition
Amit Sevak | CEO, ETS
Aaron Thompson | President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Raj Vinnakota | President, Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Yolanda Watson Spiva | President, Complete College America
Vicky Wilkins | Provost and Chief Academic Officer, American University
Hans Zeiger | President, Jack Miller Center