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Whovotesincollege?Studentvoterturnoutandimplicationsfor
highereducation'sroleinstrengtheningdemocracy
IngerBergomAdamGismondiNancyThomas
InstituteforDemocracyandHigherEducationTisch CollegeofCivicLife
TuftsUniversityMedford,MA
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We study and work to improve …College student voting
Campus conditions for political learningStudent political agency, discourse and equity
Classroom teaching for democracy
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Service tocollegesanduniversitiesinterestedinlearningabouttheirstudents’votinghabits
Nationaldatabaseforresearch oncollegestudentpoliticallearningandengagementindemocracy
WhatisNSLVE?
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Whycareaboutcollegestudentvoting?
Highereducationhasbeenwidelyviewedasnotonlyvocationaltrainingbutpreparationfor“citizenry,”including“votingandparticipationintheformulationofpublicpolicy.”(Miller,1988)
Votinganindicationofhowwellhighereducationisdoingtopreparecitizensforlivinginademocracy
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IPEDS
Catalist(publicvotingrecords)
NationalStudentClearinghouse
• 2012,2014,2016U.S.generalelections
• ~10millionstudentrecordsperelectionyear
• 1000+institutions• All50states
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REGISTRATION
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Acloserlookatturnoutratesby…GenderAgeRaceandethnicityFieldofstudy
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Gendergapstayedsame:womenvotedmoreby+7pointsinBOTHelections
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Firsttimeeligibletovoteinpresidential
election
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Interestedinmoredata?
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FullnationalreportavailableonIDHEwebsite:https://idhe.tufts.edu/nslve/2016
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NSLVEinteractivedataportalhttps://idhe.tufts.edu/nslve/nslve-data-portal
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CustomizedInstitutionalReports
Seeusafterthissessiontosignupyourcampus(it’sfree)
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Why are some institutions more (or less) politically and electorally engaged?
Campus Climate Research
Positiveoutlier
Negativeoutlier
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Sample:Outliervotingrates
Whatareweseeingonthesecampuses?
@TuftsIDHE
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Politics365:Campusclimatesforpoliticallearningand
engagementatoutliercampuses
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ü Student well-being, strong interpersonal relationships, particularly student-faculty
ü A sense of shared responsibility among students for each other and for the institution
ü Compositional diversity used as an educational asset; cohesion across social and ideological diversity
©TheInstituteforDemocracyandHigherEducation,2017
Strong social cohesion among diverse student populations
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ü Discussion-based teaching, political discussions across campus
ü Prepared faculty and students
ü Balanced free expression and inclusion; academic freedom is a “given”
©TheInstituteforDemocracyandHigherEducation,2017
Pervasive political discussions
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ü Students with positional authority
ü Students respected for their views, with or without positional authority
ü Strong student government association
©TheInstituteforDemocracyandHigherEducation,2017
Student agency, power, and shared responsibility
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ü Traditional political participation, election season “buzz”
ü Issue activism and organizing, with or w/o government
ü Nimble institutions, supportive faculty©TheInstituteforDemocracyandHigherEducation,2017
Active political engagement
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ü Social cohesion, strong student faculty relations
ü Diversity and equity as intentional practice
ü Pervasive political discussions
ü Student voice and agency, institutional decision-making
ü Student activism and electoral engagement
©TheInstituteforDemocracyandHigherEducation,2017
Politics 365
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WhatcanNSLVEdoforus?
• Wakeupcalltoimprovestudentpoliticallearningandengagement
• Toolforcatalyzingchange
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Questions to Consider:
• HowcanNSLVE-basedresearchbeusedto:• Increasevoting?• Increaselearning?
• Whatarethechallengesandopportunitiesuniquetoyourcampus?
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idhe.tufts.edu/nslve/join
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2016 NSLVE National Report
Using Your NSLVE Reports
Talking Politics: Guide for Campus Conversations about your Voting Reports
IDHE Resources on Free Speech & Academic Freedom
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Other resources
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Is my campus participating in NSLVE? Look here.
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