Democracy Inventory Guide

The Democracy Inventory Guide and accompanying Activity Rubric empower institutions to comprehensively document their democracy-related activities and programming, bringing together a broad range of civic efforts that may currently be siloed across different departments. These tools will help campuses to create a complete, internal map of democratic work, which is crucial for strategic planning, resource allocation, and identifying gaps.

At the national level, this inventory process will, in time, provide insight into the landscape of democratic efforts happening across colleges and universities—helping to illustrate the impact of higher education on civic learning, social impact, and building healthy and just communities.

The Democracy Inventory Guide was developed by Campus Compact and the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) with grant funding provided by the Lumina Foundation. The guide was created by a team of three facilitators and eighteen design team members.

Democracy Inventory Design Team Members

The Guide was developed over 9 months by a design team of 21 higher education leaders who were selected through a competitive application process from a diverse set of campuses across the country.