Rollins College Civic Action Plan
As one of nearly 1,100 colleges and universities committed to change making through campus-based civic and community engagement, we pledge to collaborate on a Civic Action Plan (CAP) that aligns the guiding principles of Campus Compact and the mission of Rollins College by March 2017 to fulfill the commitment President Cornwell made when he signed the Thirtieth Anniversary Action Statement of Presidents and Chancellors. Our CAP begins with our mission to “educate students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers” and the five guiding principles outlined by Campus Compact to: (1) “empower our students, faculty, staff, and community partners to co-create mutually respectful partnerships in pursuit of a just, equitable, and sustainable future for communities beyond the campus – nearby and around the world”; (2) “prepare our students for lives of engaged citizenship, with the motivation and capacity to deliberate, act, and lead in pursuit of the public good”; (3) “embrace our responsibilities as place-based institutions, contributing to the health and strength of our communities – economically, socially, environmentally, educationally, and politically”; (4) harness the capacity of our institutions – through research, teaching, partnerships, and institutional practice – to challenge the prevailing social and economic inequalities that threaten our democratic future”; and (5) “foster an environment that consistently affirms the centrality of the public purposes of higher education by setting high expectations for members of the campus community to contribute to their achievement.”