Background: Social responsibility and democratic citizenship are essential outcomes of a college education. Yet limited research has examined how college experiences may relate to students' moral and prosocial development, qualities that ground responsibility and citizenship. Purpose: This research sought to identify the college experiences,…

This study examined the civic outcomes of the Sustained Dialogue model. Qualitative interviews investigated the perceived impacts of dialogue experience on post-graduate civic life, generating an inventory of 29 dialogue civic outcomes across five domains: 1) cognitions, 2) behaviors, 3) attitudes 4) skills, and 5) hopes and plans for the future.…

Noting that citizenship education is one of the major responsibilities of the public schools, this resource guide defines good citizenship as having 13 components, among them: respecting one's self and one's parents and home; possessing the skills necessary to live peaceably in society and not resorting to violence to settle disputes; respecting…