tag: AASCU
Upcoming Event
July 19, 2024
Chess or Tic-Tac-Toe: Strategies to Build Bridges in Civic Engagement
Ithaka S+R’s Ioana Hulbert will participate in a panel discussion at the AASCU 2024 Summer Meeting for Academic and Student Affairs Leaders. On Friday, July 19 at 8:30-9:20am, the session will focus on strategies to build bridges in civic engagement, with Catherine Copeland, Timothy K. Eatman, Steven Koether, Elizabeth Parmelee, and Willie Redmond. She will share more insights from Ithaka S+R’s recent collaboration with AASCU on the link between higher education and civic engagement in a poster session on…
Blog Post
June 6, 2024
Announcing a New Report on Assessing the Civic Campus
In collaboration with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), we are publishing a new report assessing the link between civic engagement, higher education, and participation in democracy. The report draws on studies from the past few decades and focuses on how researchers and practitioners define civic engagement, the nature of the relationship between higher education and civic behaviors and attitudes, the equity implications of civic education, and what the research says about the effectiveness of different…
Research Report
June 4, 2024
Assessing the Civic Campus
The Link Between Higher Education and Democracy
This landscape review focuses on the link between higher education, civic engagement, and democratic attitudes and behaviors. We explore three research questions: 1) What is the impact of postsecondary education on civic engagement and democratic attitudes and behaviors? 2) How have researchers defined, operationalized, and measured civic engagement in the context of higher education? 3) How are postsecondary institutions and key stakeholders institutionalizing civic engagement as part of their curricular and co-curricular programming?…
Blog Post
January 22, 2024
Announcing a New Project on Higher Education, Civic Engagement, and Democracy
Political polarization, mis/disinformation, and the lack of civil deliberation are affecting campus climates across the country, while at the same time trust in colleges and universities is on the decline. Against this backdrop, how are higher education institutions thinking about their role in stewarding democratic principles and civic engagement, and what are they doing to shape informed, active citizens? To begin answering those questions, today we are thrilled to share that Ithaka S+R is collaborating with the American…