Initial Curator: Tabitha Underwood, Missouri Campus Compact

Introduction

Institutionalization of community engagement requires both the integration of engagement into the curriculum and the dedication of permanent resources in order to provide an appropriate level of support across the campus. There are a variety of ways to accomplish integration and the commitment of resources, including developing majors, minors, certificates, and scholar programs that legitimize community engagement as a field of study. By providing these formal academic structures, institutions are better able to mobilize their capacity as educational entities to not only prepare students for responsible engagement but also demonstrate the centrality of the public purpose of higher education through the dedication of resources in a meaningful way. These opportunities have the potential for institutions to focus on comprehensive, intense, and long-term student engagement and deeper community impact. Planning efforts can chart opportunities for and challenges to the development and implementation of such academic structures as avenues to enhance their community engagement endeavors. This knowledge hub provides resource and examples for campuses pursuing new opportunities for majors, minors, certificates, and scholar programs.

Key resources

• Core Competencies in Civic Engagement, Center for Engaged Democracy Publications
  http://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=ced_pubs&sei-redir=1&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar%3Fq%3D%2522Core%2Bcompetencies%2Bin%2Bcivic%2Bengagement%2522%2BJournal%2Bof%2BService-Learning%2Bin%2BHigher%2BEducation.%26btnG%3D%26hl%3Den%26as_sdt%3D0%252C26#search=%22Core%20competencies%20civic%20engagement%20Journal%20Service-Learning%20Higher%20Education.%22
• Butin, D. W., & Seider, S. (Eds.). (2012). The engaged campus: Certificates, minors, and majors as the new community engagement. Palgrave Macmillan.
  http://www.palgrave.com/la/book/9780230338814
• Civic Engagement at the Center: Building Democracy through Integrated Cocurricular and Curricular Experiences, Association of American Colleges & Universities
  https://www.aacu.org/publications-research/publications/civic-engagement-center-building-democracy-through-integrated
• Jay, G. & Jones, S. E. (2006). “The Grassroots Approach to Curriculum Reform: The Cultures and Communities Program.” Creating a New Kind of University: Institutionalizing Community-University Engagement. Anker Publishing Company, Inc.
  https://ctools.umich.edu/access/content/group/1106364909396-12033726/Jay_Jones_GrassRootsApproach.pdf

Organizations

• Center for Engaged Democracy list of Academic Programs in Community Engagement
  http://www.engageddemocracy.org/academic-programs.html
• Bonner Scholars
  http://www.bonner.org/

Exemplars

A) Majors

• Public and Community Service Studies Major, Providence College
  http://www.providence.edu/public-service/Pages/default.aspx
• Citizenship and Civic Engagement Major, Syracuse University
  https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/citizenship_pb.aspx?pageid=107374183771
• CivX Major, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
  http://www.cesl.umass.edu/civx

B) Minors

• Leadership, Ethics, and Social Action Minor, Indiana University
  http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/college/2008-2010/leader.shtml
• Value, Ethics and Social Action Minor, Allegheny College
  http://sites.allegheny.edu/vesa/
• Community Studies Minor, College of William and Mary
  http://www.wm.edu/as/charlescenter/academic-programs/interdisciplinary/structured/communitystudies/index.php
• Civic Leadership Minor, Portland State University
  http://www.pdx.edu/hatfieldschool/civic-leadership-minor
• Community Service Studies Minor, DePaul University
  http://steans.depaul.edu/communityServiceStudies/Minor
• Civic Engagement Minor, University of California Los Angeles
  http://www.uei.ucla.edu/civicminor.htm
• Public and Community Service Studies Minor, Providence College
  http://www.providence.edu/public-service/Pages/default.aspx
• Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship Minor, Christopher Newport University
  http://cnu.edu/interdisciplinary/cese/
• Minor in Community Development, Howard University
  http://www.coas.howard.edu/hucup/commdevleadership.html
• Service Learning Leadership Minor, California State University – Monterey Bay
  https://csumb.edu/catalog?_redirected=

C) Certificates

• University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Cultures & Communities General Education Certificate
  http://uwm.edu/cultures-communities/
• Leadership Drury Certificate Program, Drury University
  http://www.drury.edu/du/volunteer/Leadership-Drury-Certificate-Program/
• Civic Engagement Certificate Program, Northwestern University
  http://www.engage.northwestern.edu/certificate/
• Certificate in Civic Engagement, Drexel University
  http://catalog.drexel.edu/undergraduate/honorscollege/civicengagementcert/
• Political and Civic Engagement Certificate Program, Indiana University
  http://pace.indiana.edu/
• Civic Engagement Certificate Program, Appalachian State University
  http://act.appstate.edu/civic-engagement
• Graduate Certificate in Service-Learning and Community-Based Learning in Postsecondary Education, Portland State University
  http://www.pdx.edu/elp/graduate-certificate-in-service-learning-and-community-based-learning-in-postsecondary-education
• Community Based Learning Certificate, University of Wisconsin – Parkside
  https://www.uwp.edu/learn/beyondtheclassroom/communitybasedlearning/certificate.cfm
• Certificate in Civic Engagement and Public Service, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
  http://cesl.umass.edu/certificate

D) Scholar Programs

• Finucane Scholars, Rockhurst University
  http://www.rockhurst.edu/student-experience/community-service/finucane-scholars/
• Urban Public Policy Fellowship, University of Illinois – Chicago
  http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/ipce/interior/uppf.html
• Tisch Scholars, Tufts University
  http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/students/scholars/
• Davies Community Service Leaders, Allegheny College
  http://sites.allegheny.edu/davies/
• Dayton Civic Scholars, University of Dayton
  http://www.udayton.edu/artssciences/fitzcenter/academic_progs/dcs/index.php
• Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholarship, IUPUI
  http://csl.iupui.edu/financial-support/scholarships/index.shtml
• Public Service Fellows, Tulane University
  http://tulane.edu/cps/students/psf/index.cfm
• Community Service Scholars, Tulane University
  http://tulane.edu/cps/students/css/index.cfm
• Citizen Scholars Program, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
  http://cesl.umass.edu/csp