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Think and Do
A FIPSE-Funded National Initiative

ICDC

Integrating Civil Discourse into the Curriculum

ICDC offers educators a fundamentally new model to strengthen civil discourse. We teach sound reasoning and civil dialogue not as separate pedagogical goals but as interdependent cognitive skills that must be taught together.

Now being tested on 125 campuses nationwide, led by North Carolina State University and the University of Notre Dame.

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Paul Blaschko leads a class at Welcome Weekend
February 3, 2026

Notre Dame philosophy professor to lead new collaborative research on critical thinking pedagogy

Paul Blaschko leads a class in the First Lecture Series at Welcome Weekend. (Photo by Jon L. Hendricks/University of Notre Dame)

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