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Michaela Ann Shenberger – ProQuest LLC, 2022
As a field, higher education frequently assumes lived experiences of undergraduate students, such as participating in student activism, are automatically experiential learning opportunities; however, there is a lack of research focusing and featuring students' voices on the matter. In this preliminary research study, qualitative research methods…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Activism, Student Leadership, Student Participation
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Piyapong, Janmaimool – Education and Urban Society, 2020
University students are expected by the general public to be active in pro-environmental behaviors due to their environmental knowledge and relevant education. However, it is still unclear whether students only educated in environmental knowledge will decide to engage in green behaviors. This study investigates factors that determine university…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Activism, Ecology, Environmental Education
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Dominguez, Casey B. K.; Smith, Keith W.; Williams, J. Michael – Journal of Political Science Education, 2017
This study tests, and finds support, for the hypotheses that a student who majors in political science will have stronger feelings of political competence and will be more willing to engage in hypothetical political actions than two peer groups: (a) those who major in other fields and (b) those who show an interest in politics but have not studied…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Political Science, Majors (Students), Hypothesis Testing
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Ellison, Rachael L. – Journal of College and Character, 2018
The present study has two goals. First, this study examines whether students value working for a socially responsible employer, and second, it explores how social justice experiences in college and/or social justice attitudes and beliefs may predict students' sensitivity to prospective employer social responsibility. In addition to these two…
Descriptors: Corporations, Social Responsibility, Employers, Social Change