ERIC Number: EJ1223111
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
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Voter Participation, Socioeconomic Status, and Institutional Contexts in Higher Education
Benenson, Jodi; Bergom, Inger
Review of Higher Education, v42 n4 p1665-1688 Sum 2019
Using data from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement, this study examined the relationship between student and institutional characteristics and college student voting in the 2012 U.S. general election, and how this relationship varied by socioeconomic status (SES). After controlling for several student- and institution-level characteristics, we found that student major and in- or out-of-state enrollment status as well as institutional structural diversity and institutional Carnegie Classification predict voting, but not necessarily for both low-and high-SES students. These findings have implications for civic education and higher education's fulfillment of its civic mission.
Descriptors: Voting, Citizen Participation, Socioeconomic Status, Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, College Students, Elections, Majors (Students), In State Students, Out of State Students, Diversity (Institutional), Race, Ethnicity, Gender Differences, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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