Civic Education of Undergraduates in United States Research Universities

In 2005, Campus Compact and Tufts University worked together to organize The Research Universities Civic Engagement Network (TRUCEN), a learning community of civic engagement leaders at research universities interested in fostering the civic education of their students. The 30 members of TRUCEN were surveyed regarding their current approaches to providing civic engagement education for undergraduates on research campuses. This work was undertaken to help inform the work of the TRUCEN group, and to illuminate the role of research universities in promoting the civic engagement movement in higher education. This paper is based on the analysis of the 15 institutions responding to the survey.