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Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities

Engaging Undergraduates for Social Justice, Social Change and Responsible Citizenship

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Krista M. Soria

    1. Office of Institutional Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  2. Tania D. Mitchell

    1. College of Education & Human Development, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Developing Undergraduates’ Civic Capabilities: The Unique Contributions of American Public Research Universities

    • Krista M. Soria, Tania D. Mitchell, June Nobbe
    Pages 1-13

  3. Institutional Conditions Framing Undergraduates’ Civic and Citizenship Engagement at Research Universities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Civic Attitudes Development Among Undergraduate Students at American Research Universities: An Examination by Student Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

      • Young K. Kim, Marla A. Franco, Liz A. Rennick
      Pages 17-45

    3. Creating the Conditions for Political Engagement: A Narrative Approach for Community-Engaged Scholarship and Civic Leadership Development

      • Brandon W. Kliewer, Kerry L. Priest
      Pages 47-62

    4. Civic and Community Engagement Impact on Economically Disadvantaged Students

      • Victoria Porterfield
      Pages 63-81

    5. Community Service and Service-Learning at Large American Public Research Universities

      • Jeremy L. Williams, Krista M. Soria, Claire Erickson
      Pages 83-97

    6. Redefining Civic Engagement: A Developmental Model of Students’ Civic-Related Capabilities

      • Luis Ponjuan, Cynthia M. Alcantar, Krista M. Soria
      Pages 99-122

  4. Undergraduates’ Participation in Community Service and Service-Learning: Involvement and Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Civic Attitudes and the Undergraduate Experience

      • Gary R. Kirk, Jacob Grohs
      Pages 125-141

    3. Modeling the Influence of Service-Learning on Academic and Sociocultural Gains: Findings from a Multi-institutional Study

      • Andrew Furco, Daniel Jones-White, Ronald Huesman Jr, Laura Segrue Gorny
      Pages 143-163

    4. Pluralistic Outcomes Associated with Undergraduates’ Citizenship Development

      • Krista M. Soria, Matthew Johnson, Tania D. Mitchell
      Pages 165-180

    5. Belonging and Satisfaction of Service-Minded Students at American Research Universities

      • Teniell L. Trolian, Sarah SanGiovanni, Wayne Jacobson
      Pages 181-199

  5. Engaging Undergraduates for Social Justice and Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Students’ Civic Engagement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Realizing a Critical Framework for Service-Learning at an American Public Research University

      • Douglas Barrera, Keali‘i Troy Kukahiko, Lauren N. Willner, Kathy O’Byrne
      Pages 203-218

    3. Student Activism as Civic Engagement: Challenging Institutional Conditions for Civic Leadership at University of Virginia

      • Walter F. Heinecke, Rose Cole, Ibby Han, Nqobile Mthethwa
      Pages 219-239

    4. Seeking Social Justice: Undergraduates’ Engagement in Social Change and Social Justice at American Research Universities

      • Tania D. Mitchell, Krista M. Soria
      Pages 241-255

    5. Revisiting the Civic Mission of the American Public Research University

      • Tania D. Mitchell
      Pages 257-262

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-269
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About this book

This book outlines how undergraduate students engage with civic and community projects and how this can be encouraged by their universities. It also explores how universities can build on this involvement and develop undergraduates' civic and democratic capacities, including programmatic strategies and conceptual frameworks for understanding the students' activities. As higher education across the globe experiences increasing student numbers it is important to understand how students engage with civic and community service. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Office of Institutional Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Krista M. Soria

  • College of Education & Human Development, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA

    Tania D. Mitchell

About the editors

Krista M. Soria works in the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. She is interested in researching high-impact practices that promote undergraduates’ development, the experiences of first-generation and working-class students, and programmatic efforts to enhance students’ leadership, civic responsibility, and engagement in social change. 

Tania D. Mitchell is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. Her teaching and research focuses on service-learning as a critical pedagogy to explore civic identity, social justice, student learning and development, race and racism, and community practice. 


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