Elizabethtown College Distinguished Professor & Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Fletcher McClellan recently presented a draft report of the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Presidential Task Force on Rethinking Political Science Education at the APSA annual meeting in Los Angeles, Calif.
McClellan serves as the co-chair of the Rethinking Undergraduate Political Science Education subcommittee. He is one of 28 members across the nation collaborating to transform political science curricula at various levels and learning stages through the task force, which he was appointed in 2022.
“It’s been a great honor to work with many teacher-scholars in my discipline and to develop a report that we hope will positively change the lives of political science students for years to come,” McClellan said.
The report recommends that all political science programs promote student learning outcomes for knowledge, skills, and values. It asks political science departments to think of ways to get majors to be more civically and politically engaged, as well as make students aware of ways to promote democracy, social justice, and human dignity.
The draft report also makes recommendations to get political science students competitively involved in the workforce. It’s been more than 30 years since recommendations for political science curriculum have been issued by APSA.
The task force’s goal is to have the APSA Governing Council approve the final report in the spring of 2024.
