Civil Engagement and Higher Education During the whole month I have experienced as a freshman at Southeast Missouri State University, I have come to understand that college does not necessarily prepare you for a certain job. Instead, I have learned that college prepares you for the things you did not cover in high school. There are hundreds of classes that prepare you to deal with life including financial problems, cultural diversity, political issues, and much more. In my opinion, higher education plays an effective role in relation to citizenship by creating an individual this is productive and socially active. To build on that, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines citizenship as “the qualities that a person is expected to have as a responsible
