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Suggests some different broad approaches to preparing students for civic engagement--and mentions a few pitfalls to watch out for.

This essay describes the need to make room for moral complexity in the college classroom and the potential to engage students with ethical questions across the curriculum.

This infographic presents a brief selection of questions to stimulate critical thinking in students. It can provide a starting point for discussions of applying the skills of academic inquiry to real world situations or a reference for explaining the value of higher education to non-academics.

Can "information literacy" exist as a skill outside of "domain knowledge"? And if it does, what does it look like?

Even when a discussion of evidentiary standards or fallacious reasoning is beyond the scope of a course, the occasional introduction of relevant articles from responsible journalistic sources can help contribute to a student's information literacy.