Educating for Global Leadership: The Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) Program

Since 1985, the Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) program at Tufts University has been challenging students, as well as policymakers and the public at large, to think critically about issues of great importance to the world.  In 2001, EPIIC was at an important juncture: to be able to make the program available to a greater number of students through dissemination and replication at other universities and colleges. EPIIC initiated an evaluation process, the results of which solidified the effectiveness of this model as well as the need for it.  We believe that EPIIC is a model to prepare the next generation of leaders and global citizens that can be documented and shared.

Presented at The Third Schreyer National Conference on Innovations in International Education at Penn State
University in 2004, and published in the conference proceedings.