Campus Compact » Program Models Character Education http://www.compact.org educating citizens • building communities Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:53:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Distinction in Leadership Studies http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-awards-and-recognition/distinction-in-leadership-studies/1360/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-awards-and-recognition/distinction-in-leadership-studies/1360/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1360 Special recognition at graduation is given to students who complete all of the requirements of the College’ Distinction in Leadership Studies program. Through academic courses, community service projects, reflection sessions, and public speaking opportunities students learn the skills of leadership as well as the importance of moral and civic imagination. More than 50% of BSC students are involved directly in the Leadership Studies and Service Learning programs.

Website: http://www.bsc.edu/programs/leadershipstudies/DLS1.htm

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-awards-and-recognition/distinction-in-leadership-studies/1360/feed/ 0 Wilderness Orientation http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/wilderness-orientation/1379/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/wilderness-orientation/1379/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1379 All new students at Prescott College participate in the Wilderness Orientation program along with upper-level students, faculty, staff, and alumni who help to plan this three-week long Arizona back-country expedition. The daily challenges of group expeditionary travel help students develop qualities such as compassion, patience, generosity, and acceptance. Students completing this program, which helps to illustrate the Prescott motto of “”The Southwest is Our Classroom”", not only have a greater sense of responsibility for the earth, but a better understanding of themselves and how to be productive and positive members of a group.

Contact: Julie Munsell at 520.778.2090 ext 2239

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/wilderness-orientation/1379/feed/ 0 Bruin Leaders Project http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-awards-and-recognition/bruin-leaders-project/1384/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-awards-and-recognition/bruin-leaders-project/1384/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1384 The Bruin Leaders Project uses the Social Change Model of Leadership to develop students’ leadership skills, including their commitment to community service for social change, their ability to work collaboratively, and ther appreciation for diversity. Students who complete the seminar series and provide community service are awarded a leadership certificate at an awards ceremony held each year in June.

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-awards-and-recognition/bruin-leaders-project/1384/feed/ 0 Center for Student Leadership http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/center-for-student-leadership/1390/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/center-for-student-leadership/1390/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1390 The Center for Student Leadership at Santa Clara University offers a comprehensive program of leadership training including:
    -Emerging Leaders (uses the values-based Scale Change Model of Leadership
    Development) -Student Reflection Leaders (includes Ethical Decision-Making Framework)
    -PRISM (exposes students to diversity issues)
    -Riordan Student Leadership Institute ( a nine-week track in Leadership Skills Development)
    -Leadership Practicum

Website: http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Centers/StudentLeadership/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/center-for-student-leadership/1390/feed/ 0 Integrity: An Essential Piece of the Puzzle http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/integrity-an-essential-piece-of-the-puzzle/1415/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/integrity-an-essential-piece-of-the-puzzle/1415/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1415 The students of the Campus Judicial Board at UC Davis are responsible for taking leadership in the disciplinary process as well as outreach education regarding the University’s code of academic conduct. CJB students plan and produce a variety of publications, presentations and events each year, culminating in an annual Intergrity Week Program. Topics covered during the week include academic honesty, relationship issues, discussions on responsible alchool use, effectlive managing time to avoid plagiarism, and workshops for instructors and TAs. In addition to integrity, such values as concern for others, honesty, respect, accountability, responsibility, and fairness are also emphasized through SJA programs. Informative fact sheets on such topics as “”Collaboration on Classwork”", “”Plagiarism–The Do’s and Don’ts”", “”Confronting In-Progress Cheating”" and Integrity: An Essential Piece of the Puzzle”" provide students and all members of the campus community relevant and useful information regarding academic honesty.

E-mail: Jeanne Wilson, J.D. at jxwilson {at} ucdavis(.)edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/integrity-an-essential-piece-of-the-puzzle/1415/feed/ 0 Leadership Through Ethical Action and Development http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/leadership-through-ethical-action-and-development/1420/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/leadership-through-ethical-action-and-development/1420/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1420 Undergraduates at SCU are trained to teach ethics in school and recreational settings, lead group activities in ethics workshop, and mentor students in local schools. The program is offered by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University which helps students to become ethical role models.

Website: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/leadership-through-ethical-action-and-development/1420/feed/ 0 The Institute for Civic Leadership http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/the-institute-for-civic-leadership/1452/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/the-institute-for-civic-leadership/1452/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1452 The Institute for Civic Leadership aims to advance the civic leadership capacities and commitments of women and to promote the civic and democratic purposes of higher education. Students enroll in four courses related to civic life and intellectual foundations, including an internship in an area of academic interest to them.

This fall semester program combines discipline-based analysis of civic leadership and social policy with an internship in which students work on meaningful projects linked to public policy and social change. The curriculum develops their knowledge of strategies and skills needed for civic leadership as well as the intellectual foundations of civic life and democracy. Students learn to critically analyze social and political issues associated with their internships and more generally about the ways academic knowledge can inform the design of desirable public policies.

Website: http://www.mills.edu/ICL/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/the-institute-for-civic-leadership/1452/feed/ 0 What Matters to Me and Why? forum series http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-careers-in-public-service/what-matters-to-me-and-why-forum-series/1467/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-careers-in-public-service/what-matters-to-me-and-why-forum-series/1467/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1467 A forum series in which university leaders reflect on their personal values and beliefs and discuss how they chose their life’s work and the core values which have guided them. The program has been running for several years and attracts students, faculty, and staff.

Website: http://religiouslife.stanford.edu/events/wmmw/index.html


]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-careers-in-public-service/what-matters-to-me-and-why-forum-series/1467/feed/ 0 Aprender Mediante Amistad (Learning Through Friendship): helping families new to the United States http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-bridging-the-digital-divide/aprender-mediante-amistad-learning-through-friendship-helping-families-new-to-the-united-states/1470/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-bridging-the-digital-divide/aprender-mediante-amistad-learning-through-friendship-helping-families-new-to-the-united-states/1470/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1470 In Aprender Mediante Amistad (Learning Through Friendship), a program at Colorado College, students tutor and build friendships with families new to the United States. Two evenings a week, the group of college students meets with adult immigrants and their children to tutor them one-on-one in reading, math, and computer skills. Following the tutoring sessions, the group as a whole meets to play games in Spanish and English designed to build self-esteem and confidence. On Friday evenings, students meet with the families for a weekly movie night. Taken together, these activities serve to educate both the college students and their students about one another s culture.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy

Website: www2.coloradocollege.edu/Students/Pathfinder/Opportunities/OtherOrganizations.html

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-bridging-the-digital-divide/aprender-mediante-amistad-learning-through-friendship-helping-families-new-to-the-united-states/1470/feed/ 0 Tell the Truth, Live the Truth, Be the Truth http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/tell-the-truth-live-the-truth-be-the-truth/1487/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/tell-the-truth-live-the-truth-be-the-truth/1487/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1487 The Academy’s honor code established a minimum standard that all cadets must uphold. Cadets recieve honor education during all four years at the Academy. The program’s 42 lessons, which periodically features guest speakers, includes material on honor principles, honor system administration, application, and case studies.

E-mail: Lieutenant Colonel John Herd at herdjh.34cwc {at} usafa.af(.)mil

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/tell-the-truth-live-the-truth-be-the-truth/1487/feed/ 0 The Ethics Workshop http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/the-ethics-workshop/1489/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/the-ethics-workshop/1489/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1489 The Ethics Workshop is one of Colorado State’s character-building cornerstones and has received external recognition through national associations and publications. The program bridges theory and practice and has become an excellent vehicle for empowering participants to engage each other in discussion regarding character and contemporary moral and ethical issues. Hundreds of students participate each year through student leadership training and development sessions, specially selected academic classes, student para-professional training, and Unviersity student conduct referrals.

Website: www.colostate.edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/the-ethics-workshop/1489/feed/ 0 Engagement with a Boys & Girls Club located on campus http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/engagement-with-a-boys-girls-club-located-on-campus/1498/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/engagement-with-a-boys-girls-club-located-on-campus/1498/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1498 Trinity College believes that its liberal arts curriculum and urban location are a powerful combination and provide the basis for distinctive learning opportunities that challenge and inspire students to become critical thinkers and active, engaged citizens.

A fine example of the opportunities that exist is the Boys & Girls Club at Trinity College. The Club is the first Boys & Girls Club in the country to be located on a college campus, and Trinity students fill all of its volunteer positions. Trinity students also are involved in the Club through internships, service-learning, and research. They serve the needs of more than 300 inner-city, low-income children who have enrolled in the Club since its opening in February. In true community spirit, the Club s construction was financed with gifts from Hartford-area corporations, foundations and individuals, including Trinity College trustees. The Club also was the first new building to be constructed as part of a neighborhood renewal effort spearheaded by Trinity College that calls for three new schools, a family resource center, new home ownership opportunities, job training, support for existing retail establishments, and new business assistance.

Retired General Colin Powell, now chairman of America s Promise: The Alliance for Youth, participated in the dedication of the Club and designated Trinity as the nation s first “”College of Promise.”" He said that Trinity s “”commitment to improving the quality of life in Hartford and to helping the city s young people dream and believe they, too, might someday attend college and live the American dream is exemplary. What are the other hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the country doing on behalf of at-risk youth? Why can t they all be Colleges and Universities of Promise?”"

The Club s activities are focused on education and the development of social skills, using Trinity students as teachers, role models and mentors. The activities include daily homework sessions; recreation that fosters team-spirit; positive competition and social skills; arts and crafts; a computer club that uses academic-oriented software; a newsletter; a percussion workshop; and a Saturday basketball league. The newest addition is a wilderness club that involves students and staff in educational trips and outings to foster positive relationships, an awareness of nature and the environment, self-awareness, character-building and self-esteem.

This program offers Trinity students an opportunity to use their skills and their athletic, intellectual, artistic and teaching/tutoring talents for the benefit of a community in need. Students engaged at the Boys & Girls Club become increasingly civic-minded; they become more aware of the real issues and problems of inner-cities. Although it happens outside the classroom, this represents true and invaluable learning, and it stimulates intellectual inquiry, civic action and leadership. This process helps mold Trinity students into responsible, involved, caring, and effective leaders of the future. It builds citizens who are more concerned about solving social problems than just studying and talking about them.

Contact person: Angel Huertas, Unit Director, Boys & Girls Club at Trinity College, yankee {at} hotmail(.)com
Web site: http://www.learningcorridor.org/bgc.htm

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/engagement-with-a-boys-girls-club-located-on-campus/1498/feed/ 0 Center for Civic Education and Service http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/center-for-civic-education-and-service/1515/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/center-for-civic-education-and-service/1515/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1515 The Center administers the “”ServScript”" program which documents students’ community service hours and activities on their academic transcripts. The Center also administers 40 Service Scholarships which are full tuition scholarships awarded each year to incoming first-year students with distinguished community service records. The Center coordinates a wide variety of volunteer and service learning opportunities and houses the Florida Campus Compact office.

Website: http://www.fsu.edu/~service/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/center-for-civic-education-and-service/1515/feed/ 0 Faculty Ethics Seminar http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/faculty-ethics-seminar/1553/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/faculty-ethics-seminar/1553/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1553 The annual Faculty Ethics Seminar offers an opportunity for sustained attention to ethics. The Seminar invites all University faculty to participate in ethical practices and to engage in ethical theory through:
    -Interpersonal dialogue
    -Servant Leadership
    -Knowledge in Community

Faculty dedicate significant time and energy to the seminar and help to bridge theory and practice in their interactions with students.

Website: http://www.emory.edu/ETHICS/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/faculty-ethics-seminar/1553/feed/ 0 Student Leadership Institute http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/student-leadership-institute/1597/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/student-leadership-institute/1597/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1597 The Student Leadership Institute serves as an important component to the holistic educational experience DePaul University seeks to provide. Components of DePaul’s competency-based leadership program include:
    -Standardized testing using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and other instruments
    -Certificate in Leadership Development
    -Workshops on students leadership, reflective practice, and others
    -Workshops and service learning opportunities that develop personal leadership and social responsibility


Website: http://studentaffairs.depaul.edu/sli/

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/student-leadership-institute/1597/feed/ 0 Establishing a control: A Study of service-learning http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/establishing-a-control-a-study-of-service-learning/1616/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/establishing-a-control-a-study-of-service-learning/1616/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1616 The issue of selectivity mars many studies of service-learning students who engage in service, the argument goes, will already exhibit the dispositions and behaviors that service is expected to develop. In order to avoid this problem, Sharon Hamerich at Butler University split the students in her communications course into two groups: one group of students spent their lab hours in local community agencies, while the other stayed on campus. Each group was tested on such scales as self-certainty, self-perception, social self-esteem, and global self-esteem. Writing samples, word associations, and thought processes were analyzed. Service-learning participants showed greater improvements in all categories except global self-esteem.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-assessment/establishing-a-control-a-study-of-service-learning/1616/feed/ 0 Teaching Research Ethics http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/teaching-research-ethics/1647/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/teaching-research-ethics/1647/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1647 “”Teaching Research Ethics”" is an annual workshop for teaching research ethics for scientists who train graduate students. The workshop is coordinated by the Poynter Center at Indiana University which is charged with fostering the examination and discussion of ethical issues in American society. Hundreds of faculty members take part in Poynter Center workshops and projects.

Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~poynter/tre.html

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/teaching-research-ethics/1647/feed/ 0 Bentley Service Learning Center http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/bentley-service-learning-center/1668/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/bentley-service-learning-center/1668/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1668 Bentley is the only business school in the US with a cross-disciplinary service learning program and an extensive scholarship and wrok program at the undergraduate level. Components include:
    -City Year Serve-a-Thon, where all first-years are required to participate in a service learning project .

    -The Scholarship Program, where first-years with a demonstrated interest in community service are eligible for this program which awards $5,000 annually to students who wish to enhance their community awareness, leadership, and interpersonal skills.

    -BankBoston/Bentley College Forum, an annual event which brings together business executives, community representatives, students, faculty and staff to explore the relationship between business and community.

    -America Reads, where students are involved in literacy partnerships with local schools, libraries, and youth groups.

Website: http://ecampus.bentley.edu/dept/bslc/index.html

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/bentley-service-learning-center/1668/feed/ 0 S.I.S.T.E.R.S. Program http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/sisters-program/1698/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-character-education/sisters-program/1698/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1698 Emmanuel College’s S.I.S.T.E.R.S. Program combines practical experience with spiritual and civic growth. Its title, as the acronym suggests, reflects the bond that their students develop as they participate in key areas: