| This national study examined the civic engagement activities of undergraduate students involved in honors programs. There were three main objectives: to describe the type of civic engagement behavior of honors students, to determine if participation in political voice activities differed by type of civic engagement, and to explore the relationship between type of civic engagement and level of moral development.;The 649 responses to the Civic Engagement Quiz and 549 responses to the Defining Issues Test-2 were analyzed. Findings indicated that the large majority of college honors students were involved in at least one form of civic engagement. Factors that were associated with type of civic engagement were college major and involvement in religious activities. However, gender, academic class level, type of college or university, and ethnicity were not found to be associated with type of civic engagement. A significant difference was found between participation in political voice activities and type of civic engagement. The study did not find a significant relationship between type of civic engagement and level of moral development, but college major was found to be associated with level of moral development.;Implications of the findings for college administrators were discussed as well as directions for future research. |
