Millennials and Civic Engagement
I’m just back from my presentation on blogging at the Citizenship Symposium. I’ll write more about the symposium next week. Today, I just want to take a moment to give you a link to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement’s ne study on students and civic engagement: Millennials Talk Politics: A Study of College Student Political Engagement.
I’m still digesting the research, but I am struck by the idea that our students want the world to be a better place and that they see their role in that. I think we see that during admissions tours and orientation, when students and their parents ask pointed questions about volunteer opportunities on the campus. They have the expectation that we will provide service opportunities.
Does this translate into the political realm. Yes and no. Students believe in grassroots activism, but they also believe the current political system fails them.
If you’re interested in knowing more about how our student percieve politics and civic engagement, you should take a look at the report.