The Authors

Anne Colby is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Elizabeth Beaumont is assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota.

Thomas Ehrlich is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Josh Corngold is a doctoral student in the philosophy of education at Stanford University.

Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, and Elizabeth Beaumont, along with Jason Stephens, are the coauthors of Educating Citizens, published by Jossey-Bass in 2003.