Measuring & Improving Campus & Community Civic Health

1. Measuring & Improving Campus & Community Civic Health September 23, 2012 PreConference Workshop IARSLCE 2012 | Baltimore

2. Welcome Jen Domagal-Goldman National Manager American Democracy Project domagalj@aascu.org 202.478.7833 www.aascu.org/programs/ADP/ Kristi Tate Director of Community Strategies NCoC 202-729-8038 Ktate@NCoC.net www.ncoc.net

3. NCoC? Explore modern citizenship Convene, incubate, evaluate Evidence-based approach

4. Civic Health Initiatives Measure “civic stocks” Nationally and 25+ communities Inform public policy, investments, initiatives

5. American Democracy Project AASCU’s national civic learning & democratic engagement effort with The New York Times, est. 2003 250 public, four-year colleges & universities Preparing informed, engaged citizens for our democracy

6. Partnership between ADP & NCoC ADP’s Civic Engagement in Action Series ADP 10th Anniversary Signature Initiative Other partners: CIRCLE, Lyon Software

7. Measure civic health and develop action plans that respond to findings Develop and share tools Set of Civic Health Summits 25 participating campuses

8. What is Civic Health? And how do we measure it?

9. What is the Civic Health Index? America’s Civic Health Index started in 2006. Civic Indicators Working Group Multi-faceted set of indicators Bringing data to local communities

10. Where does the data come from? Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Census Bureau. Largest and most definitive civic data set in the country CPS Voting, Volunteer and Civic Engagement Supplements

11. What kinds of things are measured? Voting and Political Action Volunteerism and Giving Public Work Group Participation Social Connectedness Trust and Confidence

12. Campus & Community Civic Health Initiative Framework Civic health indicators as starting point Approach civic health from perspective of the campus, broader community, and/or the intersection of the two Opportunity to learn today about potential models and begin action plans

15. Who are NCoC’s CHI partners? Nonprofits Higher Education Institutions Foundations Policymakers

16. How is the data used? Measuring community vitality and establishing benchmarks Informing program development and strategy Providing evidence necessary to promote engagement Directing resources and investments

17. Partnership Opportunities Writing and authorship Outreach, dissemination and action Funding and sponsorship Partnership models: lead partner, coalition, advisory group

18. Economic Value of Civic Health 2011 Issue Brief found positive connection/correlation All civic indicators were greater predictors of unemployment than 8 economic factors Higher civic rate, lower unemployment growth Lower civic rates, higher unemployment growth

19. The Case Builds 2012 Issue Brief found: Nonprofits are lynchpin of economy Social cohesion is glue that keeps people employed

20. The Case Builds

21. eCitizenship Initiative • Political Engagement Project • Citizen Alum • Stewardship of Public Lands • Civic Agency Related ADP Efforts

22. Cal State Monterrey • Missouri State • Indiana University Northwest Participating Schools Action Plans

23. Cal State Monterrey • Missouri State • Indiana University Northwest Participating Schools Action Plans

24. Jen Domagal-Goldman National Manager American Democracy Project domagalj@aascu.org 202.478.7833 www.aascu.org/programs/ADP/ Kristi Tate Director of Community Strategies NCoC 202-729-8038 Ktate@NCoC.net www.ncoc.net Thank you!