The 18-24 year old demographic has the lowest voter turnout rates of all eligible age groups. We worked with Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Rev. Kalvin Cummings to develop evidence-based recommendations to increase WPI students’ political participation. We conducted 16 interviews with WPI administrators, civic engagement leaders at other institutions, and a focus group with WPI students. We identified best practices to increase political participation and recommended WPI: hire or identify a civic engagement champion, host in-person events—like live streaming debates and elected official speakers, and improve existing voter registration resources.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Leibowitz, Noah
• Espinal, Jimmy
• Hussey, Patrick
• DeLeon, Javier

Subject

• Community
• Learning
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 117925
• E-project-022824-115605

Mot-clé

• Civic Engagement
• Elections
• Political participation
• Voting

Advisor

• Dehner, Corey
• Peng, Guanying

Year

• 2024

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Kalvin Cummings

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 10 - Reducing Inequality
• 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

Date created

• 2024-02-28

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-022824-115605

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2024-04-22