State of Student Engagement with Society: Academic Survey Report

The Academic Survey on Student Engagement with Society was carried out by the Qual-AI-ty Engagement Project and builds on the existing gap of knowledge on student engagement with society as a dimension of higher education. The term Student engagement with society refers to any activity that benefits society and is carried out with the involvement of students. This survey was designed to consider seven dimensions for student engagement with society that constitute a base for building a framework. These dimensions are activities, motivations, inputs, sporting mechanisms, impacts, barriers, and challenges.

The survey got 179 valid answers from the 27 countries of the European Union. The sample is mainly represented by active professors (98.7%) working in universities (Comprehensive, technical, and applied sciences) (96.6%), mainly from Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Greece, and Germany (46.9%). In addition, the respondents declared to have knowledge of activities related to student engagement with society in their institutions (93.3%).