Spotlight on MSIs: Turning Student Activism into Votes

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dc.contributor.authorMartinez, Andrewen
dc.contributor.authorHallmark, Tyleren
dc.date.accessed2019-09-04en
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-25T18:23:27Zen
dc.date.available2019-10-25T18:23:27Zen
dc.date.issued2018-10-01en
dc.description.abstractMinority Serving Institutions (MSIs) have long histories of civic engagement among their students and communities. For example, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were often at the center of civil rights protests and marches, including student-led sit-ins at various eating establishments in the 1960s (Williamson, 2004). This legacy remains active in students that attend these institutions today, including recent activism in Black Lives Matter and March for Our Lives. However, despite being civically active, many MSI students today continue to face barriers getting to the polls, with one recent study finding that HBCU students turned out at lower rates than students at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) (Thomas et al., 2017). Despite these barriers, many MSIs persist and advocate for student democratic engagement. This report serves to highlight some of those MSIs which are overcoming barriers to voting for their students—institutions that serve as role models for turning student activism into votes.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Center for Minority Serving Institutionsen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://cmsi.gse.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/MSIvote_2018.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/95160en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Center for Minority Serving Institutionsen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectMinority-Serving Institutionsen
dc.subjectcivic engagementen
dc.subjectdemocracyen
dc.titleSpotlight on MSIs: Turning Student Activism into Votesen
dc.typeReporten
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