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Faculty Senate Votes to Extend COLLEGE
The Civic, Liberal, and Global Education (COLLEGE) program, a requirement for first-year students, has been expanded following success in its pilot period.
May 07, 2026
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"You can't outsource critical thinking"
In COLLEGE 102, first-year students wrote essays, styled as policy memos, on AI in the classroom. The winning proposal centered on keeping students accountable for their own critical thinking and was presented to the provost.
May 06, 2026
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Why democracy may be our best defense against collapse
At a COLLEGE event, Cambridge researcher Luke Kemp argued that ordinary people should have more say over the technologies shaping their future.
April 29, 2026
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January 13, 2026
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November 06, 2025
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Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer ’59 returns to the Farm for plenary talk
from the Stanford Daily.
May 23, 2025
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Course helps students put pluralism into practice
In Citizenship in the 21st Century, Stanford undergraduates broadened their perspective by engaging across political differences.
May 07, 2025
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‘Civic Salons’ engage students on complex issues
Civic Salons are a joint project between COLLEGE and E Pluribus Stanford
March 18, 2025
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Civic Salons bring citizenship conversations from classrooms to first-year dorms
from the Stanford Daily.
February 11, 2025
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Author Annette Gordon-Reed talks to students about citizenship, censorship, and facing the past
Winter quarter students read Gordon-Reed's memoir as part of the Three Books program
January 27, 2025
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Andre Agassi on finding purpose and redefining excellence
Why College students read Agassi's memoir as part of the Three Books program
October 17, 2024
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Jay Hamilton appointed vice provost for undergraduate education
Hamilton has been the chair of the faculty board that oversees COLLEGE.
July 24, 2024
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Envisioning the future through a sci-fi lens
A glimpse inside Ban Wang's COLLEGE 113: Utopia, Dystopia, and Technology in Science Fiction
July 12, 2024
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Navalny’s daughter and Michael McFaul remember his defiance
The documentary Navalny was screened as part of the COLLEGE Three Books program
April 25, 2024
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‘How to Do Nothing’: A visit to the Windhover Contemplative Center
from the Stanford Daily.
January 15, 2024
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TAPS’s ‘For Now’: A theatrical respite from toxic productivity
This play was inspired by the Three Books selection and produced in collaboration with COLLEGE
December 03, 2023
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Three Books joins the COLLEGE curriculum
Formerly a summer reading program, Three Books will now pair readings or other media with each quarter of COLLEGE.
October 03, 2023
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By Abandoning Civics, Colleges Helped Create the Culture Wars
COLLEGE faculty leaders explain the program vision in the New York Times (paywall)
September 03, 2023
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How Stanford is reimagining the undergraduate experience
COLLEGE invites students to reflect on their own place and purpose at Stanford, in society, and in the world.
July 14, 2023
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100 years ago, Stanford’s first general education requirement was a course on citizenship
The course was part of a series of changes that have shaped what undergraduate education at Stanford looks like today.
July 11, 2023