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From 2012 to 2016, voter turnout for Tufts students in national presidential elections increased by 12 percentage points, from 51.2 percent to 63.2 percent, according to aNational Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE)

New research out of Tufts University's Institute for Democracy & Higher Education paints a much more encouraging picture.

The impact of young voters is rising in the U.S. Conducted by the NSLVE almost 10,000 students from over 1,000 institutions across all 50 states were used to evaluate how students vote

Whether motivated by support for particular policies or enthusiasm – or ire – toward the candidates, the 2016 election captured the attention of U.S. college and university students nationwide.

On Pitt’s campus, Nov. 9 was a day of mourning for many. Thousands of college students had walked into the polls for the first time the day before, finally old enough to cast their votes for the next president of the United States.

As the election approaches, colleges and universities cannot endorse one candidate over another, but they can certainly offer learning experiences, writes IDHE Director Nancy Thomas.

Rutgers University will participate in the Big Ten Voting Challenge, a conference-wide competition to increase voter registration and turnout among students on all Big Ten campuses.

Voter turnout among college students nationwide was up by 3 percentage points in the 2016 election, according to a new report — faster than turnout growth among all voters.

Students at Oakland University, however, over-perform their age group. What is more, OU students voted at a higher rate than students across the nation.