Review of theConsortium for Inter-Campus SoTL Research

Assessing Democratic Engagement through Student Organizations

“…And, what are the democratic learning outcomes for individual student leaders who participate in campus organizations? Specifically, NSSL maps the activities, structures, and leadership of student organizations to understand the status of civil society (i.e., student organizations) on participating campuses (for more about NSSL see : Murray 2016;Robiadek 2016;Strachan & Bennion, 2016a, 2016bStrachan, Bennion, & Wolf, 2017). The importance of this type of assessment has grown as goals for democratic engagement on campuses are increasingly salient following the release of the national report, "A Crucible Moment" (AAC&U, 2012).…”