Assessing Civic Engagement

How does one assess community service, civic engagement, and theimpact of service learning on a college campus? This volume reviewscontemporary research, measurement instruments, and practices inthe assessment of civic engagement in higher education,including:* meta-analyses of students, faculty, institutions, and highereducation systems at-large,* targeted case studies of campus-specific practices atindividual institutions,* efficient and effective ways to gauge the influence of civicengagement on higher education policy, practices, and outcomes,and* quantitative and qualitative approaches to measuring theeffort, importance of, and impact of students' andinstitutions' involvement in community service, communityengagement, civic engagement, and service learning on a collegecampus.The research ranges between decisions made either as part ofinstitutional agendas, curricular enhancements, or student lifeinitiatives and student and professor involvement in civicengagement activities and supportive attitudes.This is the 162nd volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly reportseries. Timely and comprehensive, New Directions forInstitutional Research provides planners and administrators inall types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas asresource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation,and institutional management.