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Alam, Irfanul; Ramirez, Karen; Semsar, Katharine; Corwin, Lisa A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Civic engagement is an individual's active participation that is intended to improve a community's socioeconomic status or help shape its future. Undergraduates who engage with a community during formal course work are more likely to participate civically later in life. This outcome is important for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Sciences, Skills, Undergraduate Students
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Gong, Hee Jung; Hong, Jung Eun – Education Sciences, 2021
This study is concerned with the central issues of community service engagement (CSE) in 21st century democratic societies around the world. To examine the factors influencing postsecondary education attainment's relationship to CSE, this study utilized data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries using…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Postsecondary Education, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement
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Armstrong Conn, Cameron; Kim, Young K. – Christian Higher Education, 2019
Utilizing data from the 2009 College Senior Survey, this study measured and compared social agency and civic awareness among undergraduate students enrolled at four types of institutions: Baptist, CCCU, Catholic, and nonsectarian. Comparisons were made through paired-sample t-tests and ANOVA analyses. A series of separate multiple regressions were…
Descriptors: Christianity, Church Related Colleges, College Seniors, Student Surveys
Irvin, Janice Lorraine – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The focus of this study was a comparison between the perceptions of school culture characteristics as measured by the TELL Tennessee Survey taken by school-based licensed educators in Tennessee and each school's overall composite TVAAS score. 9 factor variables were discussed in the literature review. This dissertation was a quantitative study of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, School Culture
Stephenson, Ethan Van – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Ample evidence suggests that attending college is positively associated with an increased level of civic engagement. However, few studies develop and test a conceptual model that investigates which elements of the collegiate experience affect the development of civic engagement. Therefore, this study focused on the development and testing of a…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Involvement, Citizen Participation, Path Analysis
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Matarrita-Cascante, David; Luloff, A. E. – Rural Sociology, 2008
Differences between old-timers and newcomers and their effects on community social dimensions have been the object of much research. These studies have shown how extensive in-migration of people with different socioeconomic backgrounds, values, and perspectives contribute to heightened social conflict in some communities. Popular media accounts…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Community Involvement, Social Sciences, Community Development