Abstract
Civic engagement refers to the ways that citizens participate in the life of a community to help shape its future or improve conditions for others. While it might have been shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic recovery, this study explored how college students perceive civic engagement on selected campuses that were partially locked down. We sampled 1036 student volunteers from six universities in Taiwan by using a self-designed module of civic engagement and transferable capabilities. The Student’s t-test, ANOVA, regression, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to interpret the differences and relationships among these variables. This study provides a more detailed example of the current status of civic engagement and its relationship to transferable capabilities in a higher education setting. The related programs and institutions should take responsibility for enhancing students’ civic engagement and transferable capabilities during the pandemic. How to ameliorate the situation? The findings suggest that it is necessary to consider a student’s academic major, learning experiences in the department, and time spent on related activities during the pandemic recovery. The findings might prove useful to various campuses for enhancing ongoing practices for sustainable development.
Highlights
IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns severely affected educational institutions and regular campus activities
Civic engagement has become a crucial component of student learning
This study provided a practical example to detect civic engagement in higher education
Summary
During the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns severely affected educational institutions and regular campus activities. Various studies focused on the issues related to education, for example, the impact on general education [1,2], international student mobility [3,4], and innovative learning technology issues [5,6,7]. We are concerned with civic engagement on campus and if it has been seriously impeded during the pandemic. Since civic engagement has been viewed as one of the crucial activities on campus for sustainable higher education purposes, it is an emerging issue for keeping students active during lockdown. We designed a framework to determine how influential factors might shape a student’s civic engagement
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