Toward "A More Perfect Union:" W&M Resolves to Strengthen Democracy
As America’s first university, William & Mary played a crucial role in shaping our representative democracy and making it the internationally admired “shining city on a hill.” Today, W&M is a beacon of light in a gathering storm. It is a place where students develop the critical thinking and civil discourse skills they will need to uphold our democracy as leaders of our cities, states and nation. Through the Democracy initiative in the university’s Vision 2026 strategic plan, William & Mary is modeling how to study, teach and illuminate the rights and obligations of 21st-century citizenship.
