Civic Literacy Report - Information for Donors, Trustees, and Alumni

Alumni and donors have an important role to play in improving the teaching of American history and institutions in higher education.

Specifically, they can:

Encourage faculty, administrators, and fellow donors, trustees, and alumni to take action on this topic
Give restricted gifts specifically for programs that teach America's heritage
Take note of a university's assessment of student learning in these areas in guidelines, recommendations, and reports
Encourage the alumni magazine to focus on this topic
Write a letter to the editor in the alumni magazine
Raise the issues addressed in Our Fading Heritage at board meetings, and seek the help of other concerned board members, alumni, or donors to create genuine dialogue about these issues at the governing and administrative levels of your college or university.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute offers several resources of interest to donors and alumni.

The Survey