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Research Questions How do college students who are socially and politically engaged , especially in environmental issues, characterize their political views? What personal importance do college students who rate themselves highly on the traits of cooperation, self-confidence, and understanding of others place on social and political engagement, especially on environmental issues? How do college students who are cooperative, self-confident, and understanding of others perform academically as measured by college GPA? Descriptive Statistics Political views among senior college students completing the 1999 CSS survey 1 = Far right 5 = Far left M = 3.06 (SD = 0.78) Importance of social and political issues among senior college students completing the 1999 CSS survey 8 = Not important 32 = Essential M = 18.09 (SD = 4.86) Self-rating on traits believed to lead to a more engaged student body among senior college students completing the 1999 CSS survey 3 = Highest 10% 15 = Lowest 10% M = 11.50 (SD = 1.75) Inferential Statistics ANOVA comparing importance of social and political issues by political characterization Significant differences among several groups (F(4,38153) = 289.30, p0.01) Far right students (M = 17.76, SD = 5.06) were 3.61 below the mean of far left students (M = 21.37, SD = 5.79) Middle-of-the-road students (M = 17.59, SD = 4.67) were 3.78 below the mean of far left students ANOVA comparing importance of social and political issues by self-rating of cooperativeness, self-confidence, and understanding of others Significant differences among several groups Understanding of others (F(4, 23477) = 231.38, p0.01): Students reporting in the highest 10% (M = 19.41, SD = 4.95) scored 3.13 above the mean on importance of social and political issues than students reporting below average (M = 16.27, SD = 9.93). Cooperativeness (F(4, 23492) = 125.11, p0.01): Students reporting in the highest 10% (M = 19.04, SD = 4.91) scored 2.17 above the mean on importance of soc