Assessing Civic Engagement

Author/creator IR Author
Other author Pike, Gary R. Author
Other author Terkla, Dawn Geronimo Author
Other author O'Leary, Lisa S. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoJossey-Bass [Imprint] Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Description112 p. 22.990 x 014.990 cm.
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SeriesJ-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research Ser.
Summary Annotation <p>How does one assess community service, civic engagement, and the impact of service learning on a college campus? This volume reviews contemporary research, measurement instruments, and practices in the assessment of civic engagement in higher education, including:</p><ul><li>metaanalyses of students, faculty, institutions, and higher education systems atlarge,</li><li>targeted case studies of campusspecific practices at individual institutions,</li><li>efficient and effective ways to gauge the influence of civic engagement on higher education policy, practices, and outcomes, and</li><li>quantitative and qualitative approaches to measuring the effort, importance of, and impact of students and institutions involvement in community service, community engagement, civic engagement, and service learning on a college campus.</li></ul><p>The research ranges between decisions made either as part of institutional agendas, curricular enhancements, or student life initiatives and student and professor involvement in civic engagement activities and supportive attitudes. </p><p>This is the 162nd volume of this JosseyBass quarterly report series. Timely and comprehensive, <b>New Directions for Institutional Research</b> provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.</p>
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ISBN9781119065050
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