College freshmen are more inclined toward activism than ever, according to a new survey. It points to how the Occupy and Black Lives Matter movements have shaped young Americans.
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo
The recent success of protesters addressing issues of race on campus – from the University of Missouri to Ithaca College – may be the leading edge of a historic level of student activism.
Incoming college freshmen are more likely than ever before to say they are very likely to participate in protests while in college, an annual survey released Thursday shows.
There’s also been an uptick in other indicators of students’ civic engagement and their desire to improve racial understanding, according to “The American Freshman,” a nationally representative survey of new full-time students published by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Just as the presidential race so far has highlighted a growing desire to upend the political establishment, more students are being energized by the idea that they can take direct action to influence their own campuses and the broader society......
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