September 30, 2009

Many at Colleges Feel Students Get Too Little Civic Education, Survey Finds

By Peter Schmidt

Washington

Colleges are not promoting civic engagement nearly as strongly as their students, faculty members, and administrators believe they should be, says a report released today by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, a group that promotes liberal education.

When it comes to colleges' promotion of social responsibility, there exists "a troubling gap on campus between aspiration and actuality," concludes the report, based on a survey of about 24,000 students