In March of 2001, Campus compact brought together a diverse group of college presidents, academic administrators, faculty, foundation leaders and classification experts to examine the prospects for altering accreditation, classification or ranking systems to recognize campus civic engagement and service learning efforts.
Major findings:
• Individual campuses with extensive commitment to civic engagement and service-learning are urged to seek an assessment of their civic engagement/service-learning efforts as part of the accreditation process. In this way, campuses can high light their efforts and get a comprehensive picture of them as part of a process they have to do anyway.
• Campus Compact is urged to document current civic engagement and service learning efforts in a divers set of their current membership. The Compact should use the Indictors of An Engaged Campus to frame this effort. This information is needed to build a body of evidence from which accreditation, classification and ranking measures can be constructed.
A full summary of the proceedings and advice to Campus Compact are available below, as are helpful background papers prepared for this meeting.
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Summary_Advice_to_CC.pdf
Summary Advice of Campus Compact Advanced Institute on Institutional Classification for Service and Civic Engagement in Higher Education, March 22-23, 2001, 2 pp.
Prepared by Judith Ramaley, National Science Foundation.
2.) Wellman_final_summary.pdf
Summary comments from Campus Compact “Advanced Institute” on Civic Engagement, 4 pp.
By Jane Wellman, Institute for Higher Education Policy.
3.) framing_compact.pdf
Framing the Measures: A Technical Background Paper on Institutional Classification Systems, Data Sets, and Miscellaneous Assessments in Higher Education, 25 pp.
Prepared by Jessica Shedd and Jane Wellman, The Institute for Higher Education Policy, Washington, D.C.
4.) holland_paper.pdf
Exploring the Challenge of Documenting and Measuring Civic Engagement Endeavors of Colleges and Universities: Purposes, Issues, Ideas, 28 pp.
By Barbara A. Holland, Senior Scholar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and Director of the HUD Office of University Partnerships
List of Participants:
| Name | Organization/Affiliation |
Betty Overton Adkins Richard Battistoni Victor Borden Cathy Burack Barbara Cambridge David Cox Russ Edgerton Thomas Ehrlich Richard Ekman Daniel Fallon Francille Firebaugh Jim Flemming Michelle Gilliard Barbara Holland Elaine Ikeda Mark Langseth Sam Larson Gail McClure Alex McCormick Michael McPherson Yolanda Moses Brian Murphy Caryn McTighe Musil William Plater Judith Ramaley Jessica Shedd Charles Strain Tobi Walker Jane Wellman Blenda Wilson Peter Young Robert Zemsky Elizabeth Hollander John Saltmarsh Amy Umstadter Edward Zlotkowski |
Kellogg Foundation Providence College Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis New England Resource Center for Higher Education American Association for Higher Education University of Memphis Pew Forum on Undergraduate Learning Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Council of Independent Colleges Carnegie Corp of New York Cornell University Boston College Council of Independent Colleges HUD Office of University Partnerships California Campus Compact Minnesota Campus Compact Applied Research The Kellogg Foundation Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Macalester College American Association for Higher Education San Francisco Urban Institute Association of American Colleges and Universities Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis University of Vermont The Institute for Higher Education Policy DePaul University Pew Charitable Trusts The Institute for Higher Education Policy Nellie Mae Indiana Campus Compact University of Pennsylvania Campus Compact Campus Compact Campus Compact Campus Compact |
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