The Campus as Civic Community: Shaping Institutional Culture to Motivate and Empower Students as Citizens
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2006
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Hoffman, David B. “The Campus as Civic Community: Shaping Institutional Culture to Motivate and Empower Students as Citizens,” Journal of Cognitive Affective Learning 3, no. 1 (Fall 2006): 13-21.
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Abstract
Civic engagement programs in higher education often focus on teaching students that voting and providing voluntary service are moral responsibilities. Relatively few campuses are preparing students for important but often neglected citizen roles such as working with others to create resources and solve social problems. This article proposes that colleges and universities can best motivate students to seek these relatively challenging roles if they establish empowering civic practices as central to their campus cultures. Promising practices include promoting democratic classrooms, welcoming student participation in campus governance, and fostering humane relationships.