There is a role for a new civics center at UK, but it must be done the right way

By: Jeffery Tyler Syck

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 812

Last Updated: 5 days, 1 hour ago

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As the Kentucky Lantern covered, legislation in the last legislative session mandated the creation of a new Center for American Civics at the University of Kentucky. Though the legislation itself is somewhat opaque about its intentions, it clearly aimed to set up a full academic unit in a style increasingly familiar across the United States.

Kumble Subbaswamy, the former provost of UK, has made clear that academic programs should emerge from the …

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