Measuring Dialogue Across Difference as a Civic Skill
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Cheryl Keen
The most recent column of “New Scholars and Scholarship” focused on a scholarly exchange that emerged at a recent Symposium on Assessing Students’ Civic Outcomes hosted by the Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Center for Service and Learning. The event was cosponsored by the National Service Learning Clearinghouse and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) American Democracy Project. Symposium participants were asked to present and analyze studies of recent studies of civic engagement in hopes of possible collaboration. This issue’s column follows through on the challenge presented by the Symposium. It compares several survey projects’ choices of measures of civic dialogue, seeking to understand the purpose of the survey, what is being measuring, examples of survey questions, strong predictors or correlations.
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- From the Editors
- From Self to Others: Moral Development as the Art of Making and Sustaining Friendships in College
- Invited Featured Article
- Collegiate Dreams and Expectations Meet Hard Times
- Finances, Family, Friends, and Faith: Sources of Concern and Hope for Today's College Women
- Approaches to Religious Differences
- Peer Reviewed Article
- Room at the Table: Cornille and the Possibility for Religious Dialogue
- Examining the Culture of Academic Integrity: A Study of Risk Factors
- The Phenomenon of Character Development in a Distance Education Course
- Capitalizing on Personal Strengths in College
- Opinions and Perspectives
- Responding to Religious Diversity: Some Possible Directions for the Interfaith Youth Core
- Best Practices
- Into the FYRE: The First-Year Residential Experience at the University of Miami--A Housing Strategy for Student Learning and Success
- Ethical Issues on Campus
- An Uncomfortable Intersection
- Spirituality on Campus
- Social Engagement in an Evangelical Campus Ministry: The Case of Urbana 2006
- New Scholars and Scholarship
- Measuring Dialogue Across Difference as a Civic Skill
- International Perspectives
- Being Effective Interventionists to Foster Student Global Citizenship
- Students' Reflections on Moral Conflicts in College
- Great Expectations versus Great Recession: A Necessary Opposition?
- Crossing the Bridge - A Lesson about the Meaning of Hope
- Sustaining Hope Through College
Articles in the same Issue
- From the Editors
- From Self to Others: Moral Development as the Art of Making and Sustaining Friendships in College
- Invited Featured Article
- Collegiate Dreams and Expectations Meet Hard Times
- Finances, Family, Friends, and Faith: Sources of Concern and Hope for Today's College Women
- Approaches to Religious Differences
- Peer Reviewed Article
- Room at the Table: Cornille and the Possibility for Religious Dialogue
- Examining the Culture of Academic Integrity: A Study of Risk Factors
- The Phenomenon of Character Development in a Distance Education Course
- Capitalizing on Personal Strengths in College
- Opinions and Perspectives
- Responding to Religious Diversity: Some Possible Directions for the Interfaith Youth Core
- Best Practices
- Into the FYRE: The First-Year Residential Experience at the University of Miami--A Housing Strategy for Student Learning and Success
- Ethical Issues on Campus
- An Uncomfortable Intersection
- Spirituality on Campus
- Social Engagement in an Evangelical Campus Ministry: The Case of Urbana 2006
- New Scholars and Scholarship
- Measuring Dialogue Across Difference as a Civic Skill
- International Perspectives
- Being Effective Interventionists to Foster Student Global Citizenship
- Students' Reflections on Moral Conflicts in College
- Great Expectations versus Great Recession: A Necessary Opposition?
- Crossing the Bridge - A Lesson about the Meaning of Hope
- Sustaining Hope Through College
