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1 ANDREW FURCO University of Minnesota October 2009

2 Harvard University, Handbook for Students, 2003-2004, p. 1

3 Stanford University, Founding documents, 1891

4 University of Minnesota, Driven to Discover Report, 2005

5 Bates College, Mission and By-Laws 2005

6 Miami Dade College Website, 2005

7 California Education Code Section 66010.4 (a )

8 COMMUNITY RESEARCH TEACHINGSERVICE e g a b c d f The Engaged Campus

9 An engaged campus is one that is consciously committed to reinvigorating its civic and democratic spirit and advancing its community participation through the active engagement of faculty, departments, students, staff and the institution itself in research, teaching, AND service activities that address a broad range of issues in the local and broader community.

10 1) OUTREACH vs. ENGAGEMENT 2) DIRECT SERVICE vs. INDIRECT SERVICE 3) CIVIC ENGAGEMENT vs. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 4) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT vs. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

11 MORRILL ACT (1862 & 1890) COOPERATIVE EXTENSION (1914) ENGAGED CAMPUS (Present) Land Grant Mission Outreach/Service Mission Research, Teaching, & Service/Outreach Indirect Benefits to Society Direct Benefits to Society Direct Community Involvement

12 COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH COMMUNITY ENGAGED TEACHING COMMUNITY ENGAGED SERVICE Research of Significance Quality Teaching Effective Outreach INSTITUTIONAL GOALS

13  Regional accreditation processes  Federal research funding  Classifications/rankings-Carnegie and US News & World Report  International commitment to engagement  Rise in experiential learning  Rise in engaged scholarship  Findings from research on engagement  National commissions, conferences, associations, and report

14  AUSTRALIA (Community Engagement)  CANADA (Community Engagement)  CHILE (Social Responsibility)  IRELAND (Civic Engagement)  ITALY (Educazione Sociale)  SOUTH AFRICA (Community Engagement)  U.K. (Citizenship Education)

15  Regional accreditation processes  Federal research funding  Classifications/rankings-Carnegie and US News & World Report  International commitment to engagement  Rise in experiential learning  Rise in engaged scholarship  Findings from research on engagement  National commissions, conferences, associations, and report

16  Epistemology  Sources of Knowledge  Pedagogy  Structure  Purpose  Expertise

17 2001Provost Bruininks establishes Administrative Advisory Committee and Civic Engagement Task Force for Public Engagement 2002Council on Public Engagement (COPE) established 2003Community Engaged Scholars program is established 2004University-wide definition of “engagement” is adopted 2005Senior administrative position for public engagement established 2006Victor Bloomfield appointed as first Associate Vice President for Public Engagement; UM receives Carnegie Classification 2007Promotion and tenure guidelines are revised to encourage public engagement 2008Ten-point plan to advance and isntitutionalize public engagement is developed

18 FOCUS OF THE TEN-POINT PLAN 1)Scholarly value of engagement 2)Accounting and assessment 3)Student scholars and leaders 4)Community connections 5)Cultivating and supporting campus leaders 6)Marketing and visibility 7)Program alignment 8)Internal networking 9)National and international networking 10)Leverage extramural funding

19 “Scholarly research must include significant publications, and as appropriate, the development and dissemination by other means of new knowledge, technology, or scientific procedures resulting in innovative products, practices, and ideas of significance and value to society.”

20 “Teaching is not limited to classroom instruction. It includes extension and outreach education, and other forms of communicating knowledge to both registered University students and persons in extended community, as well as supervising, mentoring, and advising students.”


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