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“We’ve been so scared of appearing partisan or political that we’re really not educating for democracy,” says Nancy Thomas, director of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education, at Tufts University.

The impact of young voters is rising in the U.S. Conducted by the NSLVE almost 10,000 students from over 1,000 institutions across all 50 states were used to evaluate how students vote

On Pitt’s campus, Nov. 9 was a day of mourning for many. Thousands of college students had walked into the polls for the first time the day before, finally old enough to cast their votes for the next president of the United States.

New research out of Tufts University's Institute for Democracy & Higher Education paints a much more encouraging picture.

From 2012 to 2016, voter turnout for Tufts students in national presidential elections increased by 12 percentage points, from 51.2 percent to 63.2 percent, according to aNational Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE)

Rutgers University will participate in the Big Ten Voting Challenge, a conference-wide competition to increase voter registration and turnout among students on all Big Ten campuses.

Voter turnout among college students nationwide was up by 3 percentage points in the 2016 election, according to a new report — faster than turnout growth among all voters.

Whether motivated by support for particular policies or enthusiasm – or ire – toward the candidates, the 2016 election captured the attention of U.S. college and university students nationwide.

Students at Oakland University, however, over-perform their age group. What is more, OU students voted at a higher rate than students across the nation.