Campus religious/worldview climate, institutional religious affiliation, and student engagement

Abstract

Student affairs practitioners and scholars are paying greater attention to issues of religion and spirituality on college campuses. The present study explores the link between campus religious/worldview climate and overall student engagement within a longitudinal sample of 14,517 undergraduates at 134 colleges. When controlling for various student and institutional characteristics, attending an institution with an inclusive religious/worldview climate is positively associated with participation in study abroad, service-learning, engaged learning pedagogies, and interracial interactions.