The study looked at the undergraduate experiences and outcomes of several thousand graduates from nearly 800 colleges and universities. The results clearly show the importance of involvement, leadership and values in a community setting. The Importance of Community Many young people dream of exercising their independence while in college. Lutheran colleges embody a strong tradition of community that imparts civic and social responsibility and helps students relate what they learn to the world around them. Involvement and leadership are necessary for any community to exist.
Values determine the quality of that existence.
That also was the conclusion of the late Dr. Ernest L. Boyer, who, as head of the Carnegie Endowment for the Advancement of Teaching, surveyed 5,000 college students to produce College, the Undergraduate Experience in America.