Civic Engagement of Higher Education Students in a Central and Eastern European Region

• Authors: Veronika Bocsi , Hajnalka Fényes , Valéria Markos

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study is to provide an overview of higher education students’ volunteering and voluntary group membership based on a database (N=2,199), in which full-time students from five Central-Eastern European countries (Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, and Ukraine) were questioned. We analyzed as well, which variables influence civic engagement. Based on the results we suggest that universities in Central-Eastern European regions should make more use of students’ potential in the field of volunteering and organizational membership, and should do so in an organized way, with special attention to the groups, which display low civic participation according to our research findings.

Keywords

EN

civic engagement; higher education students; factors of social and demographic background; Central and Eastern Europe

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 62
• Pages: 80-90

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Veronika Bocsi

• University of Debrecen

author

Hajnalka Fényes

• University of Debrecen

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Valéria Markos

• University of Debrecen

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.20.62.4.07

Biblioteka Nauki

1963991