The National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) project of Tisch College’s CIRCLE provides colleges and universities with research reports and other tools that inform civic learning and non-partisan civic engagement efforts on their campuses. A robust civic education for all young people is vital to the health of our democracy, and the NSLVE project is one part of CIRCLE’s commitment to, and leadership in the field of, research-based civic education. Institutions use their NSLVE reports to gauge student interest and engagement in democracy, to identify and close equity gaps in student civic participation, in classes as a teaching tool, in campus-wide discussions about engagement in democracy, for evaluation and accreditation processes, as a required data point in the application to the Carnegie Foundation for Engaged Campus status, and to catalyze involvement by faculty members across academic disciplines.
How does ALL IN ensure the privacy of student voting data?
The NSLVE process is specifically designed to protect the privacy of student education records. NSLVE reports that campuses voluntarily share will ALL IN contain only aggregate information, like student voter registration and participation rates. NSLVE reports do not contain any information about individual students, and ALL IN does not receive or share any contact information or personal identifying information for students. You can see a sample NSLVE report here.
For more information about NSLVE and student privacy, view this extended FAQ from Tisch College.