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What is liberty? What is true?—to prepare for lives of significance and for successful careers. We wrestle with the great ideas of the Western tradition to prepare ourselves for the opportunities and challenges of our moment. We study the best achievements and greatest difficulties of the American tradition in order to understand what it takes to preserve the blessings of liberty for ourselves and for others.</p> <p>Students in the SCL encounter the distinct inheritance of Western civilization and the American constitutional tradition as part of a larger quest for wisdom about how to live and how to lead.</p> <p>Public universities owe to citizens an education that enables them to sustain democracy. The UT Austin motto says that “Education is the guardian genius of democracy.” The School of Civic Leadership provides students with knowledge of America’s political philosophy, economic system, and civic institutions. Building on the University’s tradition of civic education, we prepare students to draw on the wisdom of the past to meet the challenges of the present.</p> <p>Civic education is a central aspect of liberal education. From the Latin root <em>liber</em>, meaning free, a liberal education is an education in and for freedom. Such a Socratic, liberating education is indispensable for citizens, who are responsible for the future of American life. It rests on open inquiry, reasoned debate, civil discussion, and freedom of thought and speech. The School of Civic Leadership advances this vision by offering a civic education that makes one free to form and exercise reasoned judgment and engage with others to improve our world.</p> <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-B2-HIU6QkA?si=Woj2aHFpuZWNBmrW" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> </div></div></section><section class='basic-content no-padding large-margin watcher'><div class="inset standard-width"><div class='wsywig-content'><h2 style="text-align: center;">Our Timeline</h2>  <div class="ctl-wrapper" role="region" aria-label="Timeline"> <div id="cool_timeline_1" class="cool-timeline-wrapper ctl-horizontal ctl-horizontal-wrapper ctl-horizontal-timeline" data-items="4"> <div class="ctl-wrapper-inside"> <div id="ctl-slider-container" class="ctl-slider-container swiper-container swiper-container-horizontal">  <div class="ctl-slider-wrapper ctl-timeline-container swiper-wrapper"> <div id="ctl-story-790" class="ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon swiper-slide odd" data-aos="none" data-story-index="1" role="article"><div class="ctl-labels"><div class="ctl-label-big story-date">May 2023</div></div><div class="ctl-icondot"></div> <div class="ctl-arrow"></div><div class="ctl-content"><div class="ctl-title story-790" aria-label="2"><a class="minimal_glightbox" data-popup-id="#ctl-popup-790">SCL Established by UT System Board of Regents</a></div></div><div id="ctl-popup-790" class="ctl_popup_hide"> <div class="ctl_popup_container"> <div class="ctl_popup_date"><div class="ctl-labels"><div class="ctl-label-big story-date">May 2023</div></div></div> <h2 class="ctl_popup_title">SCL Established by UT System Board of Regents</h2> <div class="ctl_popup_media"></div> <div class="ctl_popup_desc"><div class="ctl-description"><p>The University of Texas System Board of Regents approves <a href="https://civicleadership.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/UT-Austin-SCL.pdf">a motion to establish the School of Civic Leadership</a> at The University of Texas at Austin.</p> <p>Provost Sharon Wood announced the launch of a national search for School of Civic Leadership’s inaugural dean.</p> </div></div> </div> </div></div><div id="ctl-story-792" class="ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon swiper-slide even" data-aos="none" data-story-index="2" role="article"><div class="ctl-labels"><div class="ctl-label-big story-date">June 2023</div></div><div class="ctl-icondot"></div> <div class="ctl-arrow"></div><div class="ctl-content"><div class="ctl-title story-792" aria-label="2"><a class="minimal_glightbox" data-popup-id="#ctl-popup-792">Provost Appoints Interim Dean</a></div></div><div id="ctl-popup-792" class="ctl_popup_hide"> <div class="ctl_popup_container"> <div class="ctl_popup_date"><div class="ctl-labels"><div class="ctl-label-big story-date">June 2023</div></div></div> <h2 class="ctl_popup_title">Provost Appoints Interim Dean</h2> <div class="ctl_popup_media"></div> <div class="ctl_popup_desc"><div class="ctl-description"><p>Provost Sharon Wood appoints Justin Dyer to be dean ad interim of the School of Civic Leadership while the University conducts a national search for the inaugural dean.</p> </div></div> </div> </div></div><div id="ctl-story-793" class="ctl-story ctl-story-dot-icon swiper-slide odd" data-aos="none" data-story-index="3" role="article"><div class="ctl-labels"><div class="ctl-label-big story-date">September 2023</div></div><div class="ctl-icondot"></div> <div class="ctl-arrow"></div><div class="ctl-content"><div class="ctl-title story-793" aria-label="2"><a class="minimal_glightbox" data-popup-id="#ctl-popup-793">New Civics Honors Program in Development</a></div></div><div id="ctl-popup-793" class="ctl_popup_hide"> <div class="ctl_popup_container"> <div class="ctl_popup_date"><div class="ctl-labels"><div class="ctl-label-big 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