Ideally, the U.S. voting system would work to select public officials elected by the people affected by their decisions. Research on the turnout gap has shown that not all groups vote in equal proportion, which leads to unrepresentative outcomes. With...

When students “go away” for college, they have the choice to vote from either their prior community or their campus community. What do our historical data suggest about where and how these students have voted in the last presidential election, and...

In the 2018 midterm elections, the average student voting rate at U.S. colleges and universities more than doubled from the last midterm elections, jumping from 19% in 2014 to 40% in 2018. Other findings from 2018 include:

• In the 2018...

Originally published for AIR (the Association for Institutional Research), this is an article by several members of the IDHE team on college...

The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) is the first and only study to objectively examine student and institution-level data on student voting and to share these data with participating campuses. ...

The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE, pronounced "n-solve") is a study of U.S. college and university student voting.  At the time of this report, the database consists of deidentified records for 9,511,711 and 9,784,931...

The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE, pronounced "n-solve") is a study of U.S. college and university student voting.  At the time of this report, the database consists of deidentified records for 9,511,711 and 9,784,931...

The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) offers colleges and universities an opportunity to learn their student registration and voting rates and, for interested campuses, a closer examination of their campus climate for...