Citizenship, Community Service, and University--Based Community Schools

In the October 6, 1995 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education, Alexander W. Astin discussed why student interest and engagement in politics are at an all time low. Astin\u27s explanation placed responsibility squarely (and in our judgement appropriately) at the feet of the American university. Despite their traditionally professed mission to promote good citizenship, universities have devoted few resources to that mission and performed it badly. Why has this occurred? Astin\u27s answer was simple and direct- higher education ha