Civic Engagement Campus Resources

Campus Engagement Groups

• ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
• Voter Friendly Campus
• Campus Compact
• Every Vote Counts
• Campus Vote Project
• The Citizens Campaign
• Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights
• League of Women Voters
• Project Pericles
• Rock the Vote
• Students Learn Students Vote
• TurboVote

College and University Institutes

• Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (Kansas State University)
• Institute for Democracy and Higher Education (Tufts University)
• CIRCLE, The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (Tufts University)
• University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement

Federal and State Government

• Federal Election Commission
• National Association of Secretaries of State
• US Elections Assistance Commission

1. All In Campus Democracy Challenge - Campus Action Resource Toolkit​
2. The Association of Big Ten Students' "Big Ten Voting Challenge"
3. Bowdoin College
4. College of the Canyons
5. Drexel University
6. Duke University
7. Indiana University Bloomington
8. Maryland Institute College of Art
9. Mercer University
10. Northhampton Community College
11. Northwestern University's "NUVotes" program
12. Southern Utah University
13. State University of New York (SUNY)
14. SUNY Geneseo
15. Syracuse University, Maxwell Program in Citizenship & Civic Engagement
16. University of San Diego
17. University of Texas, Austin
18. Winthrop University

1. The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) - Institute for Democracy & Higher Education
2. Coalitions 101: Students, College Administrators, Faculty and Election Officials Working Together to Overcome Barriers to Student Voting - Campus Vote Project
3. Democracy Counts: Resources and Research - National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement, Tufts University
4. Democracy's Future: Proposals to Expand Access to Registration and Voting for a New Generation - Campus Vote Project
5. A Crucible Moment: College Learning & Democracy’s Future - Association of American Colleges & Universities, 2012
6. Democratic Engagement Action Plan Rubric - Students Learn Students Vote
7. Engage 2024 - Wesleyan University
8. Election Imperatives: Ten Recommendations to Increase College Voting and Improve Political Learning and Engagement in Democracy - Institute for Democracy & Higher Education
9. Empowering Communities at the Ballot Box: How to Increase Voter Participation - Online MSW Programs
10. Power Civics Toolkit - The Citizens Campaign
11. National Resource Consortium on Full Student Voter Participation, Insights from January - June 2019
12. Strengthening American Democracy: A Guide for Developing an Action Plan to Increase Civic Learning, Political Engagement, and Voter Participation Among College Students
13. How to Vote: An Online Guide for Students and Other Election Newcomers - STEPS (Student Training & Education in Public Service)
14. Voting Resource Center - FindLaw
15. Civil Right to Vote - LawInfo
16. State Student Guides (Campus Vote Project, 2024)
17. Student Voting Guide (Best Colleges, 2024)

The U.S. Department of Education recently clarified that Federal Work-Study (FWS) funds can be utilized to support college students in performing nonpartisan work on elections, including on-campus voter registration and assisting government agencies such as state and local election offices. This means institutions across the country have the opportunity to access new funding to help students participate in the democratic process - and we want to help you take advantage!

ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge and Campus Vote Project put together a Federal Work-Study for Voter Registration Implementation Toolkit a comprehensive guide addressing common questions and challenges that arise when establishing the position, as well as detailed strategies informed by campuses that have successfully established FWS positions for nonpartisan voter registration. This resource can help your institution fulfill its requirement under the Higher Education Act to make a “good faith effort” to register students to vote.