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Pushing Towards the 2022 Midterms

With only days remaining until Election Day 2022, what principles are guiding your work? The IDHE team encourages you to stand for facts, consider the unique role of higher education in educating for democracy, and lean on research-informed practice in this guest post for AAC&U's Liberal Education.
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Democracy Counts 2020

IDHE's national report on student participation in the 2020 election season is now out. Read about the record-breaking student rates in the link below. Be on the lookout for individual campus NSLVE reports, also headed to your inbox this week.
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Browse the resources to explore tools that will help advance political learning at your institution.

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Election Imperatives

Election Imperatives is a collaborative, practitioner-focused document that grounds this important work in years of research. 

The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE)

Our signature initiative NSLVE, is a robust study of college and university student voting and service to more 1,100 U.S. colleges and universities nationally. By supplying tailored NSLVE reports to each participating campus, IDHE is catalyzing change at the institutional level.

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The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE)

Our signature initiative NSLVE, is a robust study of college and university student voting and service to more 1,100 U.S. colleges and universities nationally. By supplying tailored NSLVE reports to each participating campus, IDHE is catalyzing change at the institutional level.

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Optimism for Student Voter Turnout

Inside Higher Ed cites various ways IDHE helps promote political engagement on college campus, particularly its NSLVE data and a new report with recommendations for institutions.
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