"Toward an Understanding of Civic Capacity: An Anatomy of Community Issues That Matter to Students" by Dilafruz R. Williams

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Toward an Understanding of Civic Capacity: An Anatomy of Community Issues That Matter to Students

Journal of Public Affairs (2002)

Dilafruz R. Williams, Portland State University
Craig Shinn, Portland State University
Masami Nishishiba, Portland State University
Douglas Morgan, Portland State University

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Abstract

Presents the results from data of a panel of pre- and post-treatment assessments of the Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education project, the Civic Capacity Initiative. Background on the initiative; Responses relating to community issues that matter to students; Propositions regarding the politics of place, role of the private sector in civic engagement and the ways the media might be a civic agent in undergraduate courses.

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Civic Capacity Initiative -- Assessment,
Higher education -- Political aspects,
Civics -- Study and teaching (Higher)

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2002

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Dilafruz R. Williams, Craig Shinn, Masami Nishishiba and Douglas Morgan. "Toward an Understanding of Civic Capacity: An Anatomy of Community Issues That Matter to Students" Journal of Public Affairs Vol. 6 Iss. Supplement 1 (2002)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/masami_nishishiba/26/