Civic Learning While Earning? The Role of Student Employment in Cultivating Civic Commitments and Skills

Barnhardt, Cassie L.; Trolian, Teniell L.; An, Brian; Rossmann, Patrick D.; Morgan, Demetri L.

doi:10.1353/rhe.2019.0012

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“…Previous studies provided various perspectives and practices for tackling civic engagement issues in diverse settings [17,31,37]. Considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study intended to investigate students' civic engagement and its linkage in a specific higher education system.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Since then, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) delivered a definitive call for "personal and social responsibility," "civic knowledge and engagement," and "community-based learning," among other related outcomes and practices [26]. Many others, including academics, led the charge or echoed the appeals for increased civic engagement in the college experience [8,[27][28][29][30][31]. Furthermore, the AAC&U [32], the American Democracy Project [33], the National Conference on Citizenship [34], as well as individual scholars [35,36] identified key practices for engaging students effectively and productively in communities.…”

Section: Studies On Civic Engagement and Transferabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the Effect of College Students’ Civic Engagement on Transferable Capabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chang

Chen

2021

Sustainability

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Civic engagement refers to the ways that citizens participate in the life of a community to help shape its future or improve conditions for others. While it might have been shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic recovery, this study explored how college students perceive civic engagement on selected campuses that were partially locked down. We sampled 1036 student volunteers from six universities in Taiwan by using a self-designed module of civic engagement and transferable capabilities. The Student’s t-test, ANOVA, regression, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to interpret the differences and relationships among these variables. This study provides a more detailed example of the current status of civic engagement and its relationship to transferable capabilities in a higher education setting. The related programs and institutions should take responsibility for enhancing students’ civic engagement and transferable capabilities during the pandemic. How to ameliorate the situation? The findings suggest that it is necessary to consider a student’s academic major, learning experiences in the department, and time spent on related activities during the pandemic recovery. The findings might prove useful to various campuses for enhancing ongoing practices for sustainable development.

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Section: Studies On Civic Engagement and Transferabilitymentioning

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Exploring the Effect of College Students’ Civic Engagement on Transferable Capabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chang

Chen

2021

Sustainability

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“…Since then, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) delivered a definitive call for "personal and social responsibility," "civic knowledge and engagement," and "community-based learning" among other related outcomes and practices [26]. Many others, including academics, led the charge or echoed the appeals for increased civic engagement in the college experience [8,[27][28][29][30][31]. Furthermore, the AAC&U [32], the American Democracy Project [33], the National Conference on Citizenship [34] as well as individual scholars [35,36] identified key practices for engaging students effectively and productively in communities.…”

Section: Studies On Civic Engagement and Transferablementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Effect of College Students’ Civic Engagement on Transferable Capabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chang¹,

Chang²,

Chen³

2021

Preprint

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Civic engagement refers to the ways in which citizens participate in the life of a community to help shape its future or improve conditions for others. While it might have been shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic recovery, this study explored how college students perceive civic engagement on selected campuses that were partially locked down. We sampled 1036 student volunteers from six universities in Taiwan by using a self-designed module of civic engagement and transferable capabilities. The Student’s t-test, ANOVA, regression, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to interpret the differences and relationships among these variables. This study provides a more detailed example of the current status of civic engagement and its relative to transferable capabilities in a higher education setting. The related programs and institutes should take responsibility for enhancing students’ civic engagement and transferable capabilities during the pandemic. How to ameliorate the situation? The findings suggest that it should consider a student’s academic major, learning experiences in the department, and time spent on related activities during the pandemic recovery. The findings might prove useful to various campuses for enhancing ongoing practices.

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“…The lack of work placement opportunities may cause by a misalignment between employer and university expectations in terms of the purpose and nature of the work placement. According to Barnhardt et al (2019) and Muluk (2017), excessive working hours for students may contribute to working experience; however, it may also affect their academic success as well. Time spent on working part-time jobs is more than studying leads to less focus on studies.…”

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“…Excessive working hours for students may affect their academic success (Barnhardt et al, 2019;Muluk, 2017). As a university student, needing to work after school hours is a challenge for students.…”

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The anticipation of working experiences among students from private institutes in Klang Valley: A qualitative perspective

Law

Kue

2020

IBEJ

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As university students are entering a competitive workforce, getting a desirable job has become more demanding. Many universities offer industrial training or internship placements in their degree programmes. Thus, this study provides a qualitative perspective of anticipation of working experiences among university students in Klang Valley. This study is carried out in the form of face-to-face semi-structured interviews with ten university students in Klang Valley. The contents are analyzed by its content and code in themes. The results show that the anticipations of working experiences among university students fall into a few categories which are; relevant education, purposes and importance of working experiences as well as the challenges faced in the workforce. This study closes the gap between workforce expectation and students’ impractical expectations as it gives university students a better insight about working experience especially during their studies so that they can pre-plan their future. Overall, this study can benefit future university students by improving their expected skills which will lead to higher employers’ satisfaction.

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Civic Learning While Earning? The Role of Student Employment in Cultivating Civic Commitments and Skills

Cited by 15 publications

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Exploring the Effect of College Students’ Civic Engagement on Transferable Capabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Exploring the Effect of College Students’ Civic Engagement on Transferable Capabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Exploring the Effect of College Students’ Civic Engagement on Transferable Capabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The anticipation of working experiences among students from private institutes in Klang Valley: A qualitative perspective

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