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Journal of College and Character Volume 12, 2011 - Issue 3: Back-to-School Issue
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Higher Education and Habits of the Heart: Restoring Democracy's Infrastructure

Parker J. Palmer Center for Courage and Renewal
| Published online: 20 Sep 2011
 
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Abstract

This essay revisits Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"–especially his belief that citizen "habits of the heart" would play a critical role in the future of American democracy–and explores its implications for higher education in our current political crisis.

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