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Civic Attitudes Development Among Undergraduate Students at American Research Universities: An Examination by Student Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

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This chapter examines ways in which large public research universities can enhance the civic outcomes of undergraduate students. Using data from the 2010 University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES), this chapter investigates the college experiences that contribute to students’ civic attitudes development and how these contributing college experiences differ by students’ gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. The results of this study underscore not only the ways in which a variety of college experiences at research universities might be effective in the development of civic attitudes for undergraduate students but also how different student subgroups might benefit more or less from those experiences.

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    Young K. Kim, Marla A. Franco & Liz A. Rennick

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Kim, Y.K., Franco, M.A., Rennick, L.A. (2016). Civic Attitudes Development Among Undergraduate Students at American Research Universities: An Examination by Student Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status. In: Soria, K., Mitchell, T. (eds) Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities. Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55312-6_2

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