CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – As the autumn sun warms the historic campus outside, a professor specializing in ancient and modern political philosophy guides undergraduate students through the seemingly ruthless nuances of Machiavelli’s 16th-century philosophy of morals. 

Civics philanthropist Jack Miller has announced he is stepping down as chairman of the board of the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based institution he founded in 2004 to revive the teaching of civics in classrooms across America.