Cedar Falls, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa is developing a Center for Civic Education after recently receiving approval from the Board of Regents.
The head of the Cedar Falls school’s History Department, Jennifer McNabb, helped put together the proposal.
McNabb says they will also reach out beyond the campus.
UNI already has civic education curriculum in place, created by a team of faculty members after they received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. The new center will build on that curriculum.
She says the Center for Civic Education is UNI’s response to the Board of Regents’ directive in November 2023 for the Regent schools to establish a widespread initiative that includes opportunities for education and research on free speech and civic education.
