Institutional Context Matters: Multilevel Analysis on Institutional Civic Climate and Faculty Civically Engaged Teaching

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Abstract

This study examines how institutional civic engagement climate (CEC) is associated with faculty civically engaged teaching (CET). Using hierarchical linear modeling and data from survey responses by 2,968 faculty at 30 U.S. institutions collected from the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement, we find that institutional CEC with emphasis on Active Citizenship significantly predicts faculty CET practices of raising social consciousness and encouraging civic action in their classrooms. Institutions with higher CEC scores exhibited stronger faculty engagement in CET and better predicted faculty CET, whereas at institutions with lower CEC scores, individual factors were significant predictors. These findings highlight the importance of institutional climates that actively promote civic participation in shaping faculty teaching practices.

Authors

• Seonmi Jin, Indiana University

• Hee Jung Gong, University of Alabama

• Xiaoxia Zhang, Indiana University

• Allison BrckaLorenz, Indiana University