1 / 20

Strengthening Communities through Community and Civic Engagement Katherine Cauley

Strengthening Communities through Community and Civic Engagement Katherine Cauley Robert J. Sweeney Dawn Forman. Service Learning. Community Service. Field Education. Volunteerism. Internship. Co-curricular. Curricular. Focus on Service. Recipient as beneficiary. Focus on Learning.

jaimie
Download Presentation

Strengthening Communities through Community and Civic Engagement Katherine Cauley

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Strengthening Communities through Community and Civic Engagement Katherine Cauley Robert J. Sweeney Dawn Forman

  2. Service Learning Community Service Field Education Volunteerism Internship Co-curricular Curricular Focus on Service Recipient as beneficiary Focus on Learning Provider as beneficiary Source: Andrew Furco, “Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education” Community and Civic Engagement

  3. Nelson MandelaMetropolitan University • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University • Eastern Cape, South Africa • Integration of three institutions • Historically black • Traditional research • Technikon

  4. Nelson MandelaMetropolitan University 2. Community and Civic Engagement (CaCE) as a way to find common language 3. CaCE as a way to provide new metrics for measuring success 4. CaCE as a way to focus the mission of an institution

  5. Foundations in Educational Pedagogies • Applied Education • Experiential Education • Community-based Education • Cooperative Education • Field Education • Inter-professional Education • Problem-based Education • Servant Leadership • Service Learning

  6. Foundations in Research • Action Research • Community Participatory Research • Population-based Research

  7. Community and Civic Engagement Partners Students Faculty Staff Institution Community

  8. Shared Vision:Enlightened Self-interest Students Faculty Staff Value? Institution Community

  9. Sustainability Students Faculty Staff What’s in it for me? Institution Community

  10. Why?What’s in it for me? • complete degree requirement • satisfy service requirement for grad / professional school application • socialization • feeling of accomplishment / connection • networking • employment • certification • develop life skills • embrace diversity • finding mentors Students

  11. Why?What’s in it for me? • improve teaching effectiveness • curriculum development • enhance program visibility • recruiting / retention strategies • consulting • scholarship • networking • maintain certification • feeling of accomplishment / connection • research support (including funding) • supports P&T documentation • technical competence Faculty Staff

  12. Why?What’s in it for me? • visibility to constituents • legislators • parents • foundations • recruiting and retention strategies • students • faculty • staff • dependent on community success • guide decision-making process • leverage expertise of faculty, staff and students • creates value proposition • accreditation (NCA) Institution

  13. Why?What’s in it for me? • Economic development • Shore up limited resources • University provides workforce • Help citizens connect to programs and resources • Agencies received improved access to technologies and expertise • Active citizenry better equipped to tackle existing and impending problems • Recruiting and retention strategies Community

  14. Measurement • What to measure? • When to measure? • How to measure? • Assessment? • Evaluation? • How to communicate results?

  15. Websites Alliance for Regional Stewardship www.regionalstewardship.org Calling the Questions: Is Higher Education Ready to Commit to Community Engagement? A Wingspread Statement 2004 www.milwaukeeidea.org Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities http://cumu.uc.iupui.edu Community Campus Partnerships for Health www.ccph.info

  16. Websites Community Higher Education Service Partnerships http://www.chesp.org.za Council on Higher Education http://www.che.ac.za Higher Learning Commission www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good http://www.thenationalforum.org

  17. Bibliography Boyer, E. (1990). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the professorate. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Driscoll, A., and Lynton, E. L. (1999). Making outreach visible: A guide to documenting professional service and outreach. Washington, D. C. American Association for Higher Education. Garlick, S. (2003). Creative regional development: Knowledge-based associations between universities and their places. In Metropolitan Universities: Civic Engagement in Australia 14 (2), pp. 48-70.

  18. Bibliography Gibbons, M. (2001). Engagement as a core value for the university: A consultation document. London: Association of Commonwealth Universities. Leiderman, S., Furco, A., Zapf, J., and Goss, M. (2002). Building partnerships with college campuses: Community perspectives. Washington, D.C.: The Council of Independent Colleges.

  19. Closing Web address for this presentation: http://www.wright.edu/ghent

  20. Closing Questions? Comments? Thank you

More Related