NSLVE-2014-and-2018-St.-Lawrence-University

SEPTEMBER 2019 2014 & 2018 CAMPUS REPORT WHAT'S INSIDE About This Report Student Voting Rates for St Lawrence University Your Institution's Voting Data Voting and Registration Rates How Your Institution's Numbers Compare Your Students' Voting Data By Voting Method By Age Group By Education Level By Undergraduate Class Year By Enrollment Status By Gender By Race/Ethnicity By Field of Study NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University About This Report Thank you for participating in the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) Since Thank you for participating the 1,000 National Study of NSLVE’s launch in 2013, moreinthan colleges and Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) Since universities have signed up to receive their voting rates NSLVE’s launch 2013, 1,000 colleges for the 2012, 2014,in2016 andmore 2018than federal elections and universities signed up participation to receive their Along with others,have your institution’s in this study has helped us build a robust database research voting rates for the 2012, 2014 and 2016for elections on more than 10 million student records in for Along with others, yourde-identified institution’s participation eachstudy election year this has allowed us to build a robust database of nearly 30 million college student records, about NSLVE is a signature initiative of the Institute for 10 million for each election year, that serve as a Democracy and Higher Education (IDHE) at Tufts foundation for innovative research University's Jonathan M Tisch Collegeon of college Civic Life student political engagement IDHE is an appliedlearning researchand center focused onin college democracy and university student political learning and participation in democracy IDHE researchers study voting, campus NSLVE is for a signature initiative the Institute for conditions political learning andofdiscussion, closing equity gaps inand participation, and increasing student Democracy Higher Education (IDHE) at the agencyCollege and participation We accomplish our goals Tisch of Civic Life, Tufts University The through research, resource development, mission of IDHE is to shift college and assisting university institutionsand andculture the higher educationpolitical community, and priorities to advance learning, advocacy agency, and equity We achieve our mission through research, resource development, technical About the Data assistance, and advocacy The voter registration and voting rates in this report About thepercentage Data reflect the of your institution's students who werevoter eligible to vote andand whovoting voted in the 2014 and 2018 The registration rates in this report elections results are based on enrollment records reflect theThese percentage of your institution's students your institution submitted to and the National Student who were eligible to vote who actually voted in Clearinghouse and publicly available voting files are collected the 2012 and 2016 elections These results by Catalist We exclude FERPA-blocked records (For based on enrollment records your institution exceptions for campuses with disproportionately high submitted the National numbers ofto FERPA blocked Student students,Clearinghouse see our Campus (FERPA-blocked records excluded) and publicly Reports FAQ.) available voting files collected by Catalist The institutional voting rates reported on page are We use an estimatedannumber of non-resident aliens adjusted by deducting estimated number of students identified each institution as non-resident aliens and based onby IPEDS data to account for non-resident reported the Integrated Education aliens into calculations of Postsecondary overall voting rates, but Data are System (IPEDS) For breakdowns by student unable to so for voting rates by student characteristics in We subsequent pagesadjust of the for report, we characteristics also cannot resident cannot consistently adjust for students who are ineligible aliens or undocumented students This may result in to vote: non-resident aliens (international students), your institution’s actual voting rate being higher than resident aliens (undocumented students), and students we To calculate that percentage, and to read whoreport have been disenfranchised due to a felony more about see our FAQ on voting Campus conviction AsNSLVE a result,data, your institution’s actual rate Reports may be higher than we report If you have access to What to next? What to the data next? q and identify your challenges and Review opportunities This report provides comparisons This report provides a q Review the data between subgroups of your students and with baseline measure of your students’ similar institutions For more comparisons or to see engagement in democracy 2012read andour 2016 as national voter registration and votinginrates, well as compares your institution’s voting national report, Democracy Counts 2018 To accessrates to similar Visit our website for more our data portals institutions comparison data https://idhe.tufts.edu/public-data-portal-visualizat ions q Share the report widely and strategically, q Share the report widely strategically by including posting it and online The Communications sharing it with institutional faculty across package has more leaders, tips disciplines, student government leaders, and other student groups q Put your data into practice Use our IDHE Knowledgebase to guide you ten q Read and implement (link) Election Imperatives, recommendations for improving your campus campus climate for student q for Address climate studentyour political learning, discourse, political learning -Start by using the IDHE selfequity, and participation https://idhe.tufts.edu/electionimperatives assessment rubric, or bring the IDHE team to your campus q Work with us IDHE can help via virtual office hours,qwebinars, brown bag discussions, coaching, IDHE We are available with Partner with and in-person workshops virtual office hours, webinars, brown bag discussions and in-person trainings For up-to-date news on NSLVE data, resources and upcoming opportunities visitNSLVE our website: For up-to-date news on data, resources and https://idhe.tufts.edu upcoming opportunities visit our website: idhe.tufts.edu and follow us on Twitter: @TuftsIDHE Follow us on Twitter @TuftsIDHE Email us your feedback and questions at NSLVE@tufts.edu We appreciate hearing from you! Please email us at NSLVE@tufts.edu Warm regards, Warm regards, IDHE Team IDHE Team more complete data for students who are ineligible to vote, youalso maysee recalculate your rates by using the Please our NSLVE Method (insert link) for Recalculation Toolstudy a more detailed methodology https://idhe.tufts.edu/nslve-recalculation-tool Reviewing the Data To read more about NSLVE data, see our Campus Use the FAQ following key to interpret the charts: Reports *https://idhe.tufts.edu/nslve/frequently-asked-questio = number of students is less than 10 n/a ns = no data was collected or calculated for this field Reviewing the Data Use the following key to interpret the charts: * = number of students is less than 10 n/a = no data was collected or calculated for this field IDHE.TUFTS.EDU | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS Voting and Registration Rates 2018 Voting Rate 30.7% Registration Rate CHANGE FROM 2014 +22.7 Voting Rate of Registered Students 2018 VOTING RATE FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS 39.1% Voting Rate 100 90 77.0% 80 70 61.0% 60 50 39.9% 40 30.7% 30 13.0% 20 7.9% 10 2014 2018 2014 2018 2014 2018 All Institutions, 2018 2014 2018 Change 2,462 2,459 -3 (40) (192) (16) (216) Total eligible voters 2,230 2,227 -3 Number of students who registered 1,361 1,714 353 177 683 506 Registration rate 61.0% 77.0% 15.9 Voting rate of registered students 13.0% 39.9% 26.8 7.9% 30.7% 22.7 -11.8 -8.4 Total student enrollment Age under 18/Unknown IPEDS estimated non-resident aliens FERPA records blocked Number of students who voted Voting rate Difference from all institutions IDHE.TUFTS.EDU | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University HOW YOUR NUMBERS COMPARE | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Carnegie Classification HIGH 2014 Voting Rate for All Institutions 19.7% Your Institution 64.1% 39.1% LOW 1.5% Difference from All Institutions HIGH 2018 Voting Rate for All Institutions 54.0% -11.8 Bachelor's Institutions LOW 11.5% Difference from All Institutions Public Bachelor's Institutions -8.4 Private Bachelor's Institutions 100 90 80 70 60 50 38.1% 30.7% 30 21.2% 17.4% 20 10 38.7% 37.4% 40 16.7% 7.9% 2014 IDHE.TUFTS.EDU 2018 2014 2018 2014 2018 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University 2014 2018 | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Voting Method* Absentee Early Vote In-Person, Election Day Mail 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 23.7% 26.4% 20 11.6% 10 n/a n/a n/a 2014 2018 2014 5.7% 4.0% 2014 2018 2014 2018 2014 Voted 2018 2018 Rate Voted Rate Change Absentee 42 23.7% 180 26.4% 2.6 Early Vote n/a * n/a n/a Mail * n/a 79 11.6% n/a 10 5.7% 27 4.0% -1.7 Unknown 122 68.9% 392 57.4% Total 177 In-Person, Election Day 683 * Your students' data broken down by voting method If your campus has a high number of voting method "Unknown", it means that this information was not reported by local officals where your students voted IDHE.TUFTS.EDU | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Age Group* 18-21 22-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50+ 100 90 80 70 60 50.0% 50 44.4% 40 28.3% 27.7% 30 20 10 7.7% 5.9% 2014 2018 2014 2018 n/a n/a 2014 2018 n/a 2014 n/a 2018 2014 2014 Enrolled Voted 18-21 2,116 124 22-24 220 25-29 n/a 2018 n/a 2014 2018 2018 Enrolled Voted 5.9% 2,175 603 27.7% 21.9 17 7.7% 223 63 28.3% 20.5 25 * n/a 14 * n/a n/a 30-39 27 12 44.4% 15 * n/a n/a 40-49 24 12 50.0% * * n/a n/a 50+ 10 * n/a * * n/a n/a Unknown * Rate Rate Change * Your students' data broken down by age at the time of the election To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students IDHE.TUFTS.EDU | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Education Level* Undergraduate Graduate 100 90 80 70 60 50 38.7% 40 27.8% 30 20 10 n/a n/a 2014 2014 2018 2014 Enrolled Voted Undergraduate 0 Graduate 0 Unknown 2,422 2018 2018 Rate Enrolled Voted Rate Change n/a 2,346 653 27.8% n/a n/a 75 29 38.7% n/a 22 * Your students' data broken down by undergraduate and graduate students To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students IDHE.TUFTS.EDU | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Undergraduate Class Year* First Year Sophomore Upper-level 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 31.5% 25.1% 30 24.2% 20 10 5.0% 7.9% 4.8% 2014 2018 2014 2018 2014 2014 Enrolled Voted First Year 639 32 Sophomore 608 Upper-level 1,069 2018 2018 Rate Enrolled Voted Rate Change 5.0% 629 158 25.1% 20.1 29 4.8% 616 149 24.2% 19.4 84 7.9% 1,097 346 31.5% 23.7 * Your students' data broken down by undergraduate students' class level To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students IDHE.TUFTS.EDU | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Enrollment Status* Full-time Part-time 100 90 80 70 60 47.2% 50 40 30 27.7% 29.6% 2018 2014 20 10 6.4% 2014 2014 Enrolled Voted Full-time 2,324 148 Part-time 98 Unknown 2018 2018 Rate Enrolled Voted Rate Change 6.4% 2,407 666 27.7% 21.3 29 29.6% 36 17 47.2% 17.6 n/a 0 n/a * Your students' data broken down by part-time and full-time students To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students IDHE.TUFTS.EDU | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Gender* Women Men 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 29.3% 30 26.4% 20 10 7.6% 7.0% 2014 2018 2014 2014 Enrolled Voted Women 1,324 100 Men 1,098 77 Unknown 2018 2018 Rate Enrolled Voted Rate Change 7.6% 1,341 393 29.3% 21.8 7.0% 1,098 290 26.4% 19.4 * * Your students' data broken down by gender To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students IDHE.TUFTS.EDU 10 | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Race/Ethnicity* Asian American Indian / Alaska Native Black Hispanic Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander White or More Races 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30.4% 29.8% 30 19.7% 20 13.2% 9.6% 10 n/a 7.8% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2014 2018 2014 2018 2014 2018 2014 2018 2014 2018 2014 Enrolled Voted 110 * 17 Black Hispanic 2014 2018 2014 2018 2018 Enrolled Voted n/a 115 11 9.6% n/a * n/a 14 * n/a n/a 109 n/a 106 14 13.2% n/a 114 * n/a 132 26 19.7% n/a 0 n/a 0 n/a n/a 1,966 154 7.8% 1,985 604 30.4% 22.6 or More Races 52 * n/a 57 17 29.8% n/a Unknown 54 Asian American Indian/ Alaska Native Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander White Rate Rate Change 34 * Your students' data broken down by race To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students For this page, we consider international students of unknown race/ethnicity IDHE.TUFTS.EDU 11 | 13 NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University NSLVE CAMPUS REPORT | St Lawrence University YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | MIDTERM ELECTIONS By Field of Study* * Your students' data broken down by field of study To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students The green and red highlighted values below represent your campus's top three and bottom three voting rates by field of study 2014 2018 Enrolled Voted 5.0% 163 61 37.4% 32.4 * n/a 80 24 30.0% n/a 16 * n/a 38 * n/a n/a Education 88 28 31.8% 63 25 39.7% 7.9 English Language and Literature 78 * n/a 73 18 24.7% n/a Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 45 * n/a 10 * n/a n/a History 69 * n/a 45 16 35.6% n/a 1,066 57 5.4% 1,246 306 24.6% 19.2 Mathematics and Statistics 48 * n/a 75 19 25.3% n/a Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 38 * n/a 39 12 30.8% n/a Natural Resources and Conservation 26 * n/a 32 13 40.6% n/a Philosophy and Religious Studies 16 * n/a 11 * n/a n/a Physical Sciences 61 * n/a 49 19 38.8% n/a Psychology 131 13 9.9% 138 36 26.1% 16.2 Social Sciences 431 41 9.5% 327 105 32.1% 22.6 28 * n/a 25 10 40.0% n/a * * n/a 29 * n/a n/a Enrolled Voted 200 10 Communication and Journalism 73 Computer and Information Sciences Biological and Biomedical Sciences Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Humanities Visual and Performing Arts Unknown IDHE.TUFTS.EDU Rate Rate Change 12 | 13 Thank you for the work you to improve your students’ political learning and engagement We hope that you find your NSLVE report useful For up-to-date news on NSLVE data, resources, and to sign up for our newsletter visit: https://idhe.tufts.edu References: IDHE encourages report recipients to share this report as broadly as possible, including posting it on the college or university’s website When doing so, please use the following citation: Institute for Democracy & Higher Education: National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (2019) 2014 and 2018 report for [name of institution] Medford, MA Follow us: @TuftsIDHE Contact us: Institute for Democracy & Higher Education: National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement Lincoln Filene Hall, 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