The Economic Literacy project is an ADP initiative in partnership with Up to Us, designed to help students increase their knowledge of the U.S. national debt, fiscal policy, and overall financial literacy. Cohort members meet monthly to discuss ways to integrate economic literacy into curricular and co-curricular projects at their institutions. As these cohort members form a community of practice, they will work together to exchange ideas, develop effective strategies, and provide support across institutional roles. Cohort members hope to share materials and present their work in this project to a wider audience, and present at the 2022 Civic Learning & Democratic Engagement Meeting (CLDE22) to be held in Minneapolis in June 2022.

From January to May, we expect that teams will begin testing curriculum or programming initiatives on their respective campuses, reporting on how the content is enhancing students’ knowledge of the U.S.’s long-term fiscal outlook, and determining the feasibility of additional initiatives to produce as a cohort. As outcomes are met and projects designed, this website will reflect and promote their work.

One current collaborative effort of the group is the National Debt Dialogue. → Read More 

2021-2022 Cohort Members

• Emporia State University
• Illinois State University 
• Indiana University Kokomo 
• Indiana University South Bend 
• Keene State College  
• Metropolitan State University of Denver  
• Northern Kentucky University 
• Pennsylvania State University Schuylkill Campus   
• Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 
• Southeast Missouri State University 
• Tarleton State University 
• University of Central Arkansas
• University of Southern Mississippi
• University of The Bahamas
• Washington State University Tri-Cities  
• Weber State University
• Western Carolina University 
• Western Kentucky University