College campuses could be the key to saving our democracy
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Education and democracy have always been inexorably linked. Thomas Jefferson, a founder of our nation and one of our great universities, understood this from the start. Encouraging a friend in 1816 to support his new University of Virginia, he wrote, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
Originally published: July 26, 2023
Author: John Comerford
Position: President
Institution: Otterbein University
Published by: The Hill