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Publication Date: 2018
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Looking across High-Impact Practices: First-Year Student Democratic Awareness and Democratic Participation
Weiss, H. Anne; Fosnacht, Kevin
Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, v30 n2 p45-64 Fall 2018
Creating educated and informed citizens for our diverse democracy has long been one of the objectives of the U.S. educational system. Traditionally, service-learning has been the primary tool for colleges and universities to promote civic outcomes; however, other practices, particularly those requiring substantial student investments of time and energy, also hold the potential to improve civic outcomes. Using data from nearly 13,000 first-year students who responded to the National Survey of Student Engagement's Civic Engagement module, we found that service-learning, learning communities, and research with faculty were positively and significantly correlated to two measures of democratic engagement. The results have important implications for how postsecondary institutions promote civic outcomes. [This paper was presented at the 2016 NASPA Annual Conference in Indianapolis, IN, March 2016.]
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Knowledge Level, Democracy, Democratic Values, Student Participation, Citizen Participation, Service Learning, Civics, Citizenship Education, Communities of Practice, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Student Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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