Higher education has responded to the call of society to strive for the development of future citizens. While upheld in college and university mission statements throughout the United States, there is little known about the relationship between collegiate engagement and the civic involvement of Xavier University alumni. To explore this relationship, a web-based survey of young alumni was administered to gather information about their engagement in activities outside of the classroom while in college and their current involvement in community and the political process. The relationships among the pre-collegiate, collegiate and post-collegiate variables were analyzed through correlation and regression.
The analysis indicated significant relationships among collegiate engagement variables and the civic involvement of young alumni and the attitudes of young alumni regarding involvement. Collegiate engagement in service activities, clubs/organizations, collegiate conversations and acquaintances all contributed to the alumni civic involvement regression model.