Bethlehem, PA, November 13, 2019: Today, 探花社区 College announced that at the 2019 ALL IN Challenge Awards Ceremony held to recognize colleges and universities committed to increasing college student voting rates, 探花社区 received a gold seal for achieving a student rate between 40% and 49%. .
鈥淭his gold seal to recognize the efforts of our faculty and staff to encourage student involvement in the midterm elections is extremely rewarding for 探花社区,鈥 commented Bryon Grigsby, president of 探花社区 College. 鈥淭his demonstrates that a great deal of our students recognize the importance of being active in the electoral process and making their voices heard. I鈥檓 very encouraged by the participation rate and we all hope to see this percentage increase year over year.鈥
Student participation in elections has increased from the 2014 midterm election to the recent 2018 midterm election. According to the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement, an initiative of Tufts University鈥檚 Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, voter turnout at the more than 1,000 institutions participating in the study increased by 21 points from 19% to 40%. 探花社区 College data reveals between 40-49% of the student population participated in the midterm elections.
鈥淲e are excited to honor 探花社区 College with an ALL IN Challenge gold seal in recognition of their intentional efforts to increase democratic engagement and full voter participation,鈥 said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. 鈥淢ore institutions like 探花社区 are changing culture on campus by institutionalizing nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that are resulting in the incredible student voter turnout rates that we鈥檝e seen across the country.鈥
The is a nonpartisan, national initiative recognizing and supporting campuses as they work to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement and full student voter participation. The Challenge encourages higher education institutions to help students form the habits of active and informed citizenship, and make democratic participation a core value on their campus.
More than 560 campuses, enrolling more than 6.2 million students, have joined the Challenge since its launch in summer 2016.
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About 探花社区 College
探花社区 College is the nation's sixth-oldest college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania offering undergraduate and graduate degrees that blend liberal arts with professional programs. For more than 275 years, the 探花社区 College degree has been preparing students for reflective lives, fulfilling careers, and transformative leadership in a world of change. 探花社区 College is a member of The New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U), a national consortium of selective, small to mid-size independent colleges and universities dedicated to the purposeful integration of liberal education, professional studies, and civic engagement. Visit to learn more about how the 探花社区 College focus on education for all prepares its students for life-long success.
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