Recommended Links

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A new online Engaged Scholarship Toolkit is now accessible on Campus Compact’s website. The toolkit offers an annotated guide to the best information available on engaged scholarship, as well as models, exemplars, and original essays. Developed by The Research University Civic Engagement Network (TRUCEN), for which Campus Compact serves as coordinator, the toolkit is an essential resource for all higher education institutions seeking to implement or improve engaged scholarship.

National Campus Compact: Resources
“Campus Compact’s resources are designed to provide key information to those seeking to create, expand, or improve campus programs focusing on service, service-learning, or civic engagement. Resources here range from service-learning syllabi to information on the Federal Work-Study community service requirement.”

National Campus Compact: Guide to Community Service Federal Work-Study
“Until now, the only widely available writing on this topic included scattered articles and resources posted on the web, and a handbook produced annually by the Department of Education for Student Aid. This new online collection of resources provides a thorough overview of community service Federal Work Study.”

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC)
“Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) operates America’s premier website supporting the service-learning efforts of schools, higher education institutions, communities, and tribal nations. We offer timely information and relevant resources, thousands of free online resources, the nation’s largest library of service-learning materials, national service-learning listservs, and reference and technical assistance services.”

UC Berkeley Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Research Directory
“The Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Research Directory provides direct access to searchable databases that contain information on: current research investigations underway that are focused on service-learning and/or civic engagement, funding opportunities and requests for proposals for service-learning and civic engagement research, and much more.”

Community College National Center for Community Engagement
“The Community College National Center for Community Engagement is a leader in advancing programs and innovations that stimulate active participation of institutions in community engagement for the attainment of a vital citizenry…Browse through our web pages and view the excellent service learning and civic engagement resources and services we offer, including:

• Service Learning and Civic Engagement Syllabi
• Training and Technical Assistance
• Funding Opportunities
• Awards for Service-Learning Collaborations
• Announcements to Upcoming Events and Learning Opportunities”

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U): Civic Engagement
“AAC&U has provided national leadership on the issue of diversity in higher education since 1971. AAC&U’s work in this area has focused primarily on higher education’s responsibilities in a diverse democracy and American pluralism, diversity, and justice-seeking as elements of a quality liberal education for all students.” This website contains information on AAC&U initiatives, meetings/institutes, publications, and resources for teaching, learning, and funding.

National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC)
“Welcome to the NYLC Resource Center — an extensive, searchable library of articles, project examples, and downloadable tools related to service-learning! Search our offerings, or browse our toolboxes for easy access to information on key topics.”

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Horizons Service Learning Project
“The goals of AACC’s national project, Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning, are to build on established foundations to integrate service learning into the institutional climate of community colleges, and to increase the number, quality, and sustainability of service learning programs through an information clearinghouse, data collection and analysis, model programs, training and technical assistance, publications, and referrals.”