Assessment of Civic Engagement

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Assessment of Civic Engagement

• The Student Perspective

Northeastern State University, Tahlequah,
Oklahoma Renée L. Cambiano Barbara Fuller Shawn
Lochner Jocelyn Lee Payne
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• Civic engagement means working
• to make a difference in the civic life of our
  communities and
• developing the combination of
• knowledge, skills, values,
• and motivation to make a difference.
• It means promoting the quality of life in a
  community, through both political and
  nonpolitical processes.
• Thomas Ehrlich (2000.) Civic Responsibility and
  Higher Education. p. vi

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Our Starting Point

• Purpose
• Determine how our students define civic
  engagement.
• Enriches the universities impact on students
  definition of civic engagement.

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Initial Findings

• Participant Demographics
• Defining Civic Engagement
• The Emerging Themes
• Political
• Societal / Global
• Local Community
• Surprises

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One Students Perspective

• Community Involvement
• Giving Back
• Communication
• Private Sector Engagement
• Nonprofit Engagement
• Service Learning

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Our Next Step

• Faculty perspectives
• Student Perspective from Other Campus Sites
• Faculty and Students Together Moving Forward
• Longitudinal Study

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• Civic engagement means working
• to make a difference in the civic life of our
  communities and
• developing the combination of
• knowledge, skills, values,
• and motivation to make a difference.
• It means promoting the quality of life in a
  community, through both political and
  nonpolitical processes.
• Thomas Ehrlich (2000.) Civic Responsibility and
  Higher Education. p. vi