The Citizen Scholar is an engaged, informed, citizen. They contribute to the library of ideas by being skeptical, deconstructing popular arguments. The Citizen Scholar is capable of analyzing points of view outside of their own, furthering discourse in various academic disciplines. The Citizen Scholar is a career learner, defined by an insatiable pursuit of knowledge. They respond to criticism in a civil manner. The Citizen Scholar can defend a position they have taken and advocate for those who cannot defend themselves. The necessity of the Citizen Scholar can not be overstated. They provide domestic benefits, and work to advance philosophy, field, country, and humanity. An educated populace increases the prowess of their nation by enacting
