Global and Urban Engagement to Promote Social Justice: Reflections of One’s Faith Tradition

Abstract

The current study compared perceptions on self-report measures of university mission identity and social justice attitudes between general university students (151 women, 63 men; M age = 19.72, SD = 1.91) and campus ministry students (64 women, 24 men; M age = 19.85, SD = 1.71). Results demonstrated that campus ministry students scored significantly higher on each of four social justice and global/urban engagement subscales. Implications suggest that perceptions of university mission-identity are linked to social justice attitudes, yet campus ministry students compared to regular student samples may be linked to a stronger emphasis on social justice through campus activity.

KEYWORDS:

• social justice
• campus ministry
• institutional mission assessment
• college students

Acknowledgments

This research was funded by the Office of Mission & Values at DePaul University. Portions of this poster were presented at the 2011 Institute on College Student Values in Tallahassee, Florida.

Notes

Note. Value in parentheses is standard deviation.