Students Should be Socially Engaged Politically and Economically in Community Service
2010
In a UF campus conversation Derek Bok, president emeritus of Harvard University, addressed the decline in civic engagement and resulting apathy toward public life by students.
“Bok said colleges and universities need to play a role in reversing the trend. He proposed measures such as requiring courses in important civic issues such as economics, adding a political component to community service, encouraging participation in student government and registering students to vote.”