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Good Men and Good Citizens (H-SC
Benchmark)
It is the mission of Hampden-Sydney College to “form good men and good
citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.” Good citizenship involves
development of, among other things, “a comprehension of social institutions as a
basis for intelligent citizenship and responsible leadership in a democracy.” We
want our graduates to “apply their knowledge and skills as responsible
citizens,” and to “recognize and understand major social, political, and
philosophical debates and strive to make substantial contributions to them.”
To assess these goals Hampden-Sydney College has assembled
five NSSE survey items that directly comment on forming "good men and good
citizens."
The following reproduces the mean data from the NSSE results for Hampden-Sydney as
well as two comparison groups.
Summary: In those indicators of citizenship and contributions as
citizens, Hampden-Sydney students outperform their counterparts at other
baccalaureate-granting arts and sciences colleges as well as from all of the NSSE-reporting schools, both as first-year students and as seniors. Moreover, we
see greater gain from first-year to senior-year among the Hampden-Sydney
students than in the other comparison groups.
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