(By Tomicah Tilleman, senior adviser for civil society and emerging democracies at the U.S. Department of State; Teresa A. Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia; and Taylor Reveley, president of the College of William & Mary) Thomas Jefferson, our first secretary of state, a graduate of William and Mary, and the founder of the University of Virginia, frequently reminded his contemporaries that freedom and good governance depend upon an educated, engaged citizenry. In the spirit of Jefferson, the State Department, the University of Virginia, and William and Mary partnered earlie...