This survey, published in May 2004 by the Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, interviewed 800 college students about their attitudes toward public and volunteer service, politics and more. 53 percent of college students said they had volunteered in their communities, a drop from 2001, when 68 percent said they did. Volunteering in community or public service, on average, ranked at the bottom of the list of students’ personal goals. Students who did volunteer said it made them feel better about themselves, enhanced their understanding of public issues, and increased their tolerance or changed their views on people of different racial, ethnic or religious backgrounds.
| Website | http://www.panettainstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/survey-2004.pdf |
| Categories | Government & politics, Money & giving, Poverty & welfare, Race & ethnicity, Society & culture |
| Locations | United States of America, Washington, D.C. |
| Faiths | Christianity |
| Languages | English |