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Johnson, Matthew Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Colleges and universities have a long-standing tradition of preparing students to be civically engaged (Colby, Beaumont, Ehrlich, & Corngold, 2007; Jacoby, 2009; Kezar, 2002). In response to a decline in civic engagement among college students and the greater American public, colleges and universities began offering a wide array of civic…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Student Participation, Service Learning, Volunteers
Moon, Jessica Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the quantitative study was threefold: (a) to examine high-ability students in and outside an honors program at a midwestern comprehensive university to determine differences in background and demographic characteristics between honors participants and nonparticipants of similar ability; (b) to determine differences in academic…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Academic Ability, Self Efficacy, Goal Orientation