American Democracy Project
President Graham Spanier aligned Penn State faculty, students and staff with the American Democracy Project (ADP) Autumn 2006. ADP, sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) in collaboration with The New York Times, is a national, 200-plus campus coalition whose purpose is to encourage the development and practice of civic engagement and democratic capacity. Recognizing that sustainable democracy requires individuals and institutions who understand and who commit to participation as citizens, Penn State’s Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy recognizes ADP as a welcome community of colleagues and serves as Penn State’s ADP liaison.
American Democracy Project website: http://www.aascu.org/programs/adp/
New York Times ADP website: http://www.nytimes.com/college/collegespecial2/
Penn State ADP Liaisons:
Dr. Jeremy Cohen, Associate Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education jxc45@psu.edu
Dr. Mary Lou Zimmerman Munn, Assistiant Director of the Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy mzm10@psu.edu
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The American Democracy Project (ADP) National Meeting 2008
June 12-15, 2008
Snowbird, Utah
AASCU's 2008 American Democracy Project (ADP) National Meeting 2008 in Snowbird, Utah is exploring the theme “Citizenship in the New Millennium." An outstanding program is planned with terrific plenary speakers, workshops, campus showcases, opportunities for small group discussions, and much more.
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The ADP National Meeting 2007
The ADP 2007 National Meeting June 7-9 in Philadelphia focused on the assessment of progress toward developing informed and engaged citizens. Several from Penn State gave presentations.
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Penn State at the ADP Civic Engagement in Action Workshop in Yellowstone
A Penn State leadership team from Penn State Delaware County, Erie, and University Park attended ADP’s Civic Engagement in Action Workshop: Stewardship of Public Lands in August 2007. Using Yellowstone National Park as a case study, the team spent a week in Yellowstone National Park with ADP leadership and the Yellowstone Association, studying public land use controversies and discussing strategies to meld scholarship and democratic stewardship.
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