Project Pericles is an association of colleges and universities committed to reawakening undergraduate education to its responsibility to prepare students to be effective citizens and leaders of their communities, nations, and world. Alongside equipping students with skills required for success in their careers, colleges must develop their capacity and motivation for critical examination of the priorities that societies set; for informed evaluation of policies, candidates and actions; and for making a personal difference, through and beyond their careers. If undergraduate education does not make this broader responsibility more central to its mission, it will fail to prepare the leadership our democracy and world need and may place at long-term risk the future of our democracy itself.