Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, Spring 2017 (ICPSR 36961)

Version Date: Dec 21, 2017

Principal Investigator(s):
Carrie Kisker, Director, Center for the Study of Community Colleges; Dayna Weintraub, Rutgers University; Mallory Newell, De Anza College

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36961.v1

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2017-12-21 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Performed consistency checks.
  • Created online analysis version with question text.

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Summary

The Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, Spring 2017 study examines the individual and institutional factors associated with greater civic agency, capacity, behavior, and knowledge among college students. In Spring 2017, two surveys were digitally administered at 8 community colleges, or community college systems. These colleges were purposively selected for diversity in terms of geography, campus setting, size, and the racial and ethnic composition of their student bodies. This data includes a sample of 1,168 surveys from those collected.

The Civic Outcomes Survey (COS) was administered to students, and included questions related to voting, political and community engagement, civic knowledge, and leadership development. The Institutional Questionnaire (IQ), was admitted to each college's liaisons to The Democracy Commitment (TDC), and included questions related to college-level factors known to influence student engagement. These questions assessed for institutional intentionality towards civic engagement through college missions and strategic planning, as well as academic and faculty focus on civic involvement. Both instruments were previously tested in a small regional pilot and were subsequently refined to allow for greater response variability. Demographic variables include race, income, gender, and enrollment status.

Citation

Kisker, Carrie, Weintraub, Dayna, and Newell, Mallory. Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, Spring 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-12-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36961.v1

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Funding

Spencer Foundation (201500091)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2017 (Spring Semester)

Date of Collection

2017 (Spring Semester)

Data Collection Notes

  1. The Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, Spring 2017, is part of a three part series. All studies in this series used both the Civic Outcomes Survey (COS) and the Institutional Questionnaire (IQ).

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Study Purpose

This study was conducted to better understand the extent and ways in which community colleges develop the civic capacities of their students. The research questions guiding this study were:

  • Holding pre-college civic behaviors constant, what individual behaviors and characteristics are associated with greater civic agency, capacity, behavior, and knowledge among students with at least one year of community college experience?
  • Holding individual characteristics and behaviors constant, what institutional programs, policies, or characteristics are associated with greater civic agency, capacity, behavior, and knowledge among students with at least one year of community college experience?

    • Sample

    Each participating institution gained approval through their own Institutional Review Board. The purposively-selected institutions were geographically diverse, representing a variety of urban, suburban, and rural environments (as identified by the Carnegie Classifications), and ranged in size. The racial/ethnic composition of students at the colleges also varied substantially.

    Time Method

    Longitudinal

    Universe

    Community College Students

    Unit(s) of Observation

    Community college students and institutions.

    Data Type(s)

    Mode of Data Collection

    Description of Variables

    The data contains 118 variables. 75 variables are from the Civic Outcomes Survey (COS), and 43 variables are from the Institutional questionnaire (IQ).

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    Original Release Date

    2017-12-21

    Version History

    2017-12-21 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

    • Performed consistency checks.
    • Created online analysis version with question text.

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