RESOURCES
- The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life. (2013). Texas civic-health index. Austin, TX: Author. Retrieved from http://moody.utexas.edu/strauss/texas-civic-health-index.
- Baum, S. (2014). Higher education earnings premium: Value, variation, and trends. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. Retrieved from http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/413033-Higher-Education-Earnings-Premium-Value-Variation-and-Trends.pdf
- Bennett, S. (2014). Civility, social media, and higher education: A virtual triangle. In Ashley Finley (Ed.), Civic learning and teaching (pp. 52–60). Washington, DC: Bringing Theory to Practice.
- Brand J. E. (2010). Civic returns to higher education: A note on heterogeneous effects. Social Forces, 89(2), 417–433. [PMC free article] [PubMed].
- Brownell, J. E., & Swaner, L. E. (2010). Five high-impact practices: Research on learning outcomes, completion, and quality. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
- Bureau of Business and Economic Research. (2013). Real per-capita gross domestic product by state. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico. Retrieved from http://bber.unm.edu/econ/st-gdp5.htm
- Campus Contact (2014). State affiliates. Boston, Massachusetts. Retrieved from http://www.compact.org/about/state/contact-your-state-affiliate/
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. (2015). All community engagement classification institutions: 2010 and 2015. New England Resource Center for Higher Education. Boston: University of Massachusetts Boston. Retrieved from http://nerche.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=341&Itemid=601
- Eyler, J. S., Giles, D. E., Stenson, C. M., & Gray, C. J. (2001). What we know about the effects of service-learning on college students, faculty, institutions and communities, 1993–2000 (Third Edition). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt. Retrieved from http://www.compact.org/resources/at-a-glance/928
- Fenzel, L. M., & Peyrot, M. (2005). Comparing college community participation and future service behaviors and attitudes. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 12(1), 23–31.
- Howe, N., & Strauss, W. (2000). Millennials rising: The next great generation. New York, NY: Vintage Press.
- Massachusetts Department of Education. (2013). Within our sights: Inside campus efforts to achieve national leadership in public higher education. Retrieved from http://www.mass.edu/visionproject/documents/WithinOurSightsLo-Res.pdf
- McDonald, M. (2014). 2012 November general elections turnout rates. The United States Elections Project. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University. Retrieved from http://www.electproject.org/2012g
- Misa, K., Anderson, J., & Yamamura, E. (2005, November). The lasting impact of college on young adults' civic and political engagement. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from http://www.heri.ucla.edu/PDFs/Lasting%20Impact%20of%20College%20-%20ASHE05.pdf
- Nigro, G., & Farnsworth, N. (2009). The effects of service-learning on retention: A report to the Northern New England Campus Compact. Boston, MA: Campus Compact.
- Ramsey, R. (2014, June 9). Analysis: Texas seen as “kind of an electoral wasteland.” The Texas Tribune. Austin, Texas. Retrieved from http://www.texastribune.org/2014/06/09/analysis-voting-map-texas-electoral-wasteland/
- Rockenbach, A. B., Hudson, T. D., & Tuchmayer, J. B. (2014). Fostering meaning, purpose, and enduring commitments to community service in college: A multidimensional conceptual model. The Journal of Higher Education, 85(3), 312–338.
- Sposler, L. & Hartley, M. (2013, August). Five things student affairs professionals can do to institutionalize civic engagement. Washington, DC: NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.naspa.org/images/uploads/main/5THINGS-AUG2013_WEB.pdf
- Texas A&M System (2014). Measuring the pursuit of teaching, research, and service excellence. College Station, Texas. Retrieved from https://accountability.tamu.edu/
- Tex. Edu Code §61.002 (1971). Retrieved from http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (1999). Core curriculum: Assumptions and defining characteristics. Austin, Texas. Retrieved from http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/pdf/5934.pdf?CFID=15763327&CFTOKEN=56689709
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2005; revised 2012). FY2004 University sources and uses. Austin, Texas. Retrieved from http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=5026C14D-FD20-B6E6-9AA684EC8FFB08D8
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (2014a). The Closing the Gaps progress report. Austin, Texas. Retrieved from http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/PDF/5924.PDF?CFID=15618325&CFTOKEN=52875225
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (2014b). Sources and uses of funds: General academic institutions, health-related institutions, Lamar State Colleges, and Texas State Technical Colleges, FY2013. Austin, Texas. Retrieved from http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=5026C14D-FD20-B6E6-9AA684EC8FFB08D8
- Turkle, S. (2011). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. New York, NY: Basic Books.
- Twenge, J. M. (2007). Generation Me: Why today's young Americans are more confident, assertive, entitled—and more miserable than ever before. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster (Atria Books).
- University of Texas System. (2014). UT System productivity dashboard. Austin, Texas. Retrieved from https://data.utsystem.edu/SASPortal/main.do
- University of Wisconsin System (2014). Knowledge powers Wisconsin's future: UW System's annual accountability report, 2012–13. Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved from http://www.uwsa.edu/opar/accountability/kpwf1213/system.pdf
- US Census Bureau. (2011, May 26). 2010 census shows nation's Hispanic population grew four times faster than total U.S. population. Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb11-cn146.html
- Wellman, J. (1999). Contributing to the common good: Assessing and accounting for the civic contributions of higher education. Washington, DC: Institute for Higher Education Policy.