Through a grant from the Carnegie Corporation, Campus Compact is compiling a resource of best practices for the engaged campus to help campuses achieve broader institutionalization of civic engagement.

Learn more about Indicators of Engagement.

Campus-Community Partnerships

Higher Education Engagement in Knight Communities – The Knight Foundation has provided funding for Campus Compact to undertake a scan of campus – community partnerships in the 23 Knight communities.

Education Leadership Colloquium (ELC) – The ELC is an annual two-day meeting co-sponsored by the National Center for Learning and Citizenship (NCLC) and Campus Compact. Our audience includes state teams of leaders from early learning through higher education, and our goal is to improve citizenship education by sustaining educational leadership and encouraging a policy environment that makes citizenship education a priority.

Resources for Community Partners

See also Past Initiatives.

Program Models

Programs are offered as examples of service related activities that exist on campuses across the country. The programs include introductory, intermediate, and advanced practices designed to engage students, faculty, staff, campus and/or the community in service, service-learning, and/or civic engagement projects. Browse the Program Models database

Raise Your Voice — Action for Change

Raise Your Voice is a program dedicated to connecting, challenging, and supporting college and university students in community work, activism, leadership, and civic growth. It contains practical information, ideas, and resources focused for students. Visit Raise Your Voice.

Wingspread Conference

Campus Compact, with generous support from the Ford Foundation and the Johnson Foundation, convened a group of forty non-profit and higher education professionals to discuss the current and future state of community-campus partnerships. Read about the Wingspread Conference.