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SCiLL receives $10M grant to strengthen civic education | UNC-Chapel Hill
- SCiLL at UNC Chapel Hill won a $10 million NEH matching grant to expand civic education.
- The funding will establish eight endowed professorships in American political thought and constitutionalism.
- The grant enables SCiLL to recruit world-class scholars and strengthen civic education.
- The endowment will support graduate programs and undergraduate teaching at SCiLL.
- The grant emphasizes civic trust and discourse amid national declines in civic knowledge.
- SCiLL aims to become a national hub for viewpoint-diverse civics scholarship.
- The grant will fund a master’s program and a doctorate to train civic educators.
- Undergraduates will benefit from enhanced teaching and mentorship at SCiLL.
- The funding will support K-12 and summer civics programs in North Carolina.
- The fund honors John Preyer and will support visiting scholars at SCiLL.
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