1. Title
The socio-economic benefits of Community Engagement and Service- learning at Higher Educational Institutions within the Caribbean.

2. Community Engagement
The Umbrella

3. Community Enagement:
a collaborative approach
meets socio-economic
development needs
characterized by reciprocity

4. Pieces of the whole
Community service/
volunteerism +
Service-learning

5. Service-learning:
Pedagogical
Curriculum-led
Enhances civic responsibility

6. Globally Recognized

7. Change?? “Change does not come easily in Higher Education…”
(Clayton, Bringle, & Hatcher, 2013)

8. Dimensions of faculty work Student experience & learning
Community engagement CAN change…
Dimensions of faculty work
Student experience & learning
Public perception
Lives!

9. The Goal? Holistic students Active citizens
Community
engaged
Build soft skills
Civicly
aware/active

10. Regional Context
Stats on the region: no. of tertiary graduates, what are they doing…

11. Environmental/natural disasters
Regional threats
Environmental/natural disasters
Crime/social ills
Economic recessions

12. Regional/Global Development
SDG #4:
Quality Education
What do we have to offer?
How do we retain our students?
How do we attract new students?
SDG #16:
Peace
How do we promote peace and tolerance?
Are our students culturally and civicly aware?
Are they peace-makers?
SDG #17:
Partnership
Are we empowering our societies?
Are we engaging the communities?
Are we networking and partnering effectively?
Look at participatory development for SDG #17

13. What are WE doing? Are WE engaged?
University of Belize
University of Trinidad & Tobago
UWI
* Mona
*CaveHill
*St. Augustine

14. Conclusion: The way forward
Unique avenue to tap into!
Empowerment at its core!
Reciprocity means we all benefit!
Let’s adapt to global trends!
We can make it our own!

15. Thank You! Any questions? You can find me at: shilohna@gmail.com
Shilohna P