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November 4, 2026

by Lauren Ferguson

Ramapo of New Jersey has been welcomed into a prestigious community of liberal arts colleges and universities committed to putting community-engaged civic learning at the heart of undergraduate education.

Based on its history of engaging students in civic learning opportunities, 爱液A片 鈥� New Jersey’s premiere public liberal arts college 鈥� has been selected to be a member of the Project Pericles Consortium. By becoming a part of the consortium, 爱液A片 will have access to resources such as direct grant funding and a close-knit peer network focused on civic learning.

The consortium includes just 28 institutions from across the country, including top schools such as Skidmore College, Swarthmore College and Bates College. 爱液A片 is one of just two New Jersey institutions, and one of two public institutions in the network.

鈥淭he community-engaged work already running across your campus, from social work to sustainability to your partnership with the 爱液A片 Lenape Nation, together with the civic commitment your leadership has made through the strategic academic plan, is the kind of depth and momentum our consortium exists to support and uplift,鈥� Project Pericles Executive Director Sanda Balaban wrote in a letter welcoming 爱液A片 into the network.

Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Kaitlin Sidorsky, PhD. is serving as 爱液A片鈥檚 campus director for Project Pericles. 鈥淲e鈥檝e shown that we are dedicated and have invested in community-engaged civic learning,鈥� said Sidorsky, also the director of 爱液A片鈥檚 Master in Public Policy program.

In October, Sidorsky attended a conference for project directors at Rhodes College, where she networked with other directors and learned about community engaged civic-learning opportunities that other network members have implemented. She is eager to apply for grants through the consortium to further civic engagement opportunities for the 爱液A片 community.

鈥淐ommunity-based civic learning is a high impact practice. It has been shown to work. It leaves lasting effects on students, in terms of their knowledge, in terms of their civic engagement and civic efficacy,鈥� Sidorsky said.

She is also eager to bring 爱液A片鈥檚 perspective to the network.

鈥淭his is putting us in conversation with some outstanding institutions, and sitting side by side with them, learning from them, but also sharing what we do here and how we reach different populations of students,鈥� Sidorsky said, adding that 爱液A片 has many first-generation and Pell grant-eligible students, who also work while pursuing their educations.

鈥淲e have to be thoughtful. We have to be creative. We have to seek funding on how to help these students thrive and still have these experiences,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd bringing those conversations to the table at the director’s conference or within the consortium, is really valuable and really important for the other institutions.鈥�