A report submitted today (December 2, 2010) to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shows that, while Oklahoma outperforms national trends for family and community building, some forms of civic involvement, such as voter turnout, may be lacking.
The Oklahoma Civic Health Index (OK CHI) measures the civic habits of the state's citizens across a wide range of indicators in an effort to strengthen citizen participation in our communities, state and nation.
The OK CHI is a partnership among Oklahoma Campus Compact (OkCC), the University of Central Oklahoma and the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC). Currently NCoC partners with 13 states and four large cities to produce individual Civic Health Index reports. Read More »
Excerpt from the article, Report Shows Current State of Oklahoma's Civic Health.