University & Community Partnerships

RESEARCH RESOURCES

Campus Compact, “Program Models”
www.compact.org/category/resources/resources-program-models/
This website offers a very extensive national database of hundreds of programs designed to engage students, faculty, staff, campus and/or the community in service, service-learning, and/or civic engagement projects.

CIRCLE - The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
www.civicyouth.org
Conducting research on the civic and political engagement of Americans between the ages of 15 and 25, The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) works to expand and change the public conversation regarding young people. CIRCLE states that their work has helped illustrate the benefits and cost effectiveness of mobilizing young people for political campaigns and that the Center has provided technical assistance and research for more than 300 organizations that supply youth services.

Community News and Views (CEDP, Michigan State)
www.ced.msu.edu/cnv2005_2006.html
Community News & Views is a publication of Michigan State University's Community and Economic Development Program. The journal covers both the activities of the Center in Michigan, as well as discussion of broader trends and issues regarding community engagement efforts by universities nationwide.

Democracy and Higher Education: The Future of Engagement
www.futureofengagement.wordpress.com
A project of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) and the Kettering Foundation, Democracy and Higher Education: The Future of Engagement is a forum dedicated to discussing challenges to and opportunities for advancing community engagement and democratic citizenship in higher education.  As the second part of this project, the forum promotes findings from the first part- a 2008 Higher Education and the Future of Engagement colloquium - and encourages further discussion related to these topics and themes.

Engaged Institutions
www.engagedinstitutions.org
Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Engaged Institutions project seeks to embed an ethos of “community engagement” in four major public universities: the University of Texas, El Paso; the University of California, Santa Cruz; the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; and Pennsylvania State University. While the primary purpose of the site is to promote information sharing among program participants, the site also aims to inform a broader public audience. PolicyLink, based in Oakland, California, is the developer and maintainer of the site.

Higher Education Research Hub
www.higher-ed.org
The Higher Education Research Hub has on its website links to a wide range of resources relating to the role of higher education, including discussion of university-community partnerships. On this website, you'll find links to most major higher education journals, professional associations, and many individual university websites.

Journal for Civic Commitment
www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/Journal
The Journal for Civic Commitment, a journal supported by the federal government's Corporation for National Service, is dedicated to growing and strengthening the discussion around service learning. Published twice a year, the website makes available articles both from current and back issues.

Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
openjournals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/jheoe
The Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, formerly the Journal of Public Service and Outreach, promotes dialogue about the service and outreach mission of higher education. Published two times per year (fall/winter, and spring/summer), JHEOE is a peer-reviewed journal that prints articles from a broad range of scholars, practitioners, and professionals. Abstracts of articles published since 2000 are available on line.

National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov
The National Center for Education Statistics is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States, with a wealth of information and links to other education sector information sources. It also publishes the quarterly journal, Education Statistics Quarterly, which is available on its website.

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
www.servicelearning.org
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC), a program of Learn and Serve America (a branch of the federal government's Corporation for National Service), operates a website supporting the service-learning efforts of schools, higher education institutions, communities, and tribal nations. The site offers thousands of free online resources, the nation's largest library of service-learning materials, national service-learning listservs, and reference and technical assistance services.

Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America—Harvard University
www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro/index.htm
The Saguaro Seminar is an ongoing initiative of Professor Robert D. Putnam at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The project focuses on expanding what we know about our levels of trust and community engagement and on developing strategies and efforts to increase this engagement. Current areas of research include: the relationship between workplace policies and social capital both at work and at home, on the relationship between social capital, diversity and equality; and on the relationship between religion and public life.