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Bowman, Nicholas A. – Review of Educational Research, 2011
In recent years, American colleges and universities have seen greater diversity among their undergraduate students and greater civic interest and action among these students. In fact, many have argued that meaningful engagement with diversity constitutes an important means of preparing college graduates to participate and flourish in a globalized…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Democracy, College Graduates, Student Diversity
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Kanwischer, Detlef; Quennet, Fabienne – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2012
The relevance of GIS for sustainable development in Africa is undisputed. One web 2.0 application which plays a particularly strong role within local governance structures in Africa is PGIS (Participatory Geographical Information System). In fact, Spatial Citizenship education is the basis for the empowerment of the indigenous capacity for using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Information Systems, Distance Education, Web 2.0 Technologies
Levine, Peter – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2006
CIRCLE has recently published three detailed fact sheets that update, refine, and in some respects complicate, our knowledge of the links between college education and civic engagement (see "College Attendance and Civic Engagement Among 18 to 25 Year Olds," "Civic Engagement among Recent College Graduates," and "Civic Engagement among 2-year and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Attendance, Citizen Participation, Meta Analysis