Do Increasing Levels of Education Contribute to Individualist or Collectivist Orientations? Evidence From the U.S. General Social Survey

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Ten
  In Roundtable Session: The Consequences Becoming an Engaged "Citizen" in Higher Education (Table 13)

Abstract

Given the attack on U.S. democracy and the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education’s purpose to develop citizens for democratic participation has both importance and urgency visible through a new lens, in that we need to prepare people to contribute to the greater good. To assess to what extent years of education have been associated with more collectivistic views, the present study analyzed data from the 2021 cross-section of the General Social Survey. Results suggested that more years of education was associated with believing that the government should do more for Black people and that the government should do move overall (in a scaled average of individualism/collectivism). Specific demographic factors with more collectivist or individualistic views. We consider implications for higher education.

Author

• Elizabeth Jach, University at Albany - SUNY
  Presenting Author