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Issue: Contents:
Spring, 2008 Adobe Acrobat Document (553KB)
  • Student coalition spurs legislation to create 100,000 civic works jobs
  • New voting website helps students vote smart
  • New award announced
  • Register for CSD development institute
Winter, 2008 Adobe Acrobat Document (376KB)
Fall, 2007 Adobe Acrobat Document (1.1MB)
Spring, 2007 Adobe Acrobat Document (312 KB)
Winter, 2007 Adobe Acrobat Document (312 KB)
Fall, 2006 Adobe Acrobat Document (404 KB)
Summer, 2006
Winter, 2006 Adobe Acrobat Document (1.9 MB)
  • Civic engagement high at comprehensive universities
  • Kentucky becomes 31st state Compact; Campus Compact to hold third CSD/SLD professional development institute in July
  • 100 campuses act to enliven the democracy; New Resources; Save the Date.

2005

Issue: Contents:
Fall, 2005 Adobe Acrobat Document (668 K)
  • Presidents, Legislators Celebrate Campus Compact's 20 Years of Progress
  • On Campus: Members Aid Katrina Victims
  • Newman Award Recipients
  • New Web Design; Students Honored
  • Ehrlich Faculty Award
  • Online Member Survey
  • Good Reads.
Spring, 2005 Adobe Acrobat Document (2 MB)
  • Campus Compact Survey: Students Contribute $ Billions in Service to Communities
  • Community Service & Service-Learning Director Retreat
  • Campus Compact Resources Let Students Be Heard.
Winter, 2005 Adobe Acrobat Document (300 K)
  • Sustaining Success in Challenging Times by Elizabeth Hollander
  • Best Practice: Readying Campuses to Serve as Emergency Resources
  • OnCampus: 20/20: Bringing Community Issues
  • Raise Your Voice
  • Upcoming Events
  • National Policy Alert
  • Campus Compact & UN Collaborate
  • CSD Development Retreat.

2004

Issue: Contents:
Fall, 2004 Adobe Acrobat Document (1.6 MB)
  • Campus Compact Joins Efforts to Mobilize Voters; From the Executive Director: Leadership at all Levels; Presidents' Corner: Member Presidents Call for Civic Action; Best Practice: Building Community with Faculty; Leadership Tool: New Fund Honors Campus Compact Founder; State News; Awards & Honors; Good Reads
Spring, 2004 Adobe Acrobat Document (1.6 MB)
  • Campus Engagement: Student Service at Record Levels
  • Best Practice: Moving from "Good" to "Great"
  • National Policy
  • Member Presidents in the News
  • Coming Events
  • Education for What?
Winter, 2004 Adobe Acrobat Document (488 K)
  • Governor Launches Kansas Compact
  • From the Executive Director
  • Professionalizing the Role of Service Directors, by Barbara Jacoby
  • Celebrating a Decade of Engagement Under the Big Sky, by Dean McGovern
  • Advocacy Efforts Paying Off
  • the National Teleconference on Student Civic Engagement
  • Month of action
  • Introduction to Service-Learning Toolkit.

2003

Issue: Contents:
Fall, 2003 Adobe Acrobat Document (216 K)
  • From the Executive Director; An Unusual Match, by Thomas Schnaubelt, Ph.D
  • ELC: Building Partnerships for Civic Education
  • Legislative Update; Campus Compact's Effect on Service in Higher Ed; Inspired by the Power & Value of Service-Learning, by Michelle K. Wolff
  • Peace Corps Fellows/USA, by Gina L. Wynn
  • Higher Standards in Service-Learning Research, by Andrew Furco
  • Swearer Student Award
  • Focus on Community Colleges.
Spring, 2003 Adobe Acrobat Document (164 K)
  • Indicators of Engagement: New initiative to deepen civic engagement on campus
  • From the Executive Director
  • New center for liberal education and civic engagement
  • An initiative to end hate
  • Legislative update
  • Raise Your Voice: A Week of Action: 250 campuses, 7 days, and lots of action
  • Outstanding innovation at UCLA.
Winter, 2003 Adobe Acrobat Document (244 K)
  • This issue features highlights from campus Compact's 2002 National Summit. From the Executive Director
  • In Search of Answers, by Irene Fisher
  • Legislative Update & Swearer Winners
  • Student Voices, by Jenny Blau
  • The New Greatest Generation, by Gary Schueller. (See also the online Supplement to this issue)

2002

Issue: Contents:
Fall, 2002 Adobe Acrobat Document (240 K)
  • Raise Your Voice: Student Action for Change, by Nick Longo
  • Teach to Change in R.I.
  • New initiative to Increase Civic Engagement
  • Bush & Harkavy on Service-Learning & Civic Engagement
  • Ehrlich recipients
  • Resources for student dialogue & the War on Terrorism
  • Legislative update; Service-Learning Research Conference.
Spring, 2002 Adobe Acrobat Document (320K)
  • Excerpts from Social Crisis and the Faculty Response Adobe Acrobat Document, by Ed Zlotkowski
  • Students Envision Engaged Campus
  • MCI Leverages Additional $7 Million
  • Virginia Becomes 26th State Compact
  • Legislative Update, Service-Learning: 10 Steps to Success.
Fall / Winter, 2001-2002 Adobe Acrobat Document (384 K)
  • Searching for Truth in Turbulent Times
  • From the Executive Director, Wingspread Student Summit
  • New CNS Appointments
  • NY Officially Launches Compact
  • FAQs
  • People News: Heffernan & Jamieson.

2001

Issue: Contents:
Summer, 2001 Adobe Acrobat Document (320 K)
  • Service-Learning as Contested Territory: One Person's Perspective after 25 Years, by Richard Cone
  • Hollander Receives Honorary Degree
  • 2001 Swearer Recipients
  • Dr. Williams Receives Ehrlich Award
  • Legislative Update
  • State Compacts Reach 25
  • WorldCom's Civic Investment.
Spring, 2001 Adobe Acrobat Document (192 K)
  • From the Executive Director
  • Students and Civic Engagement
  • Higher Education and Community Engagement
  • Women's Colleges and Service-Learning.

2000

Issue: Contents:
Fall, 2000 Adobe Acrobat Document (128 K)
  • The 2000 Presidents' Leadership Colloquium
  • Higher Education for Democracy: Strategies for Civic Engagement
  • The Disengaged Generation: Evidence and Potential Solutions
  • America's Evolving Democracy: Redefining Citizenship.
Summer, 2000 Adobe Acrobat Document (168 K)
  • Vanishing Voters?: Higher Education's Responsibility for Helping Students Connect Service
  • Civic Responsibility and Politics
  • Five Students Receive the 2000 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award.
March-April, 2000 Adobe Acrobat Document (140 K)
  • College Students and Presidents Discuss Service and the Civic Responsibility of Higher Education
  • Trinity College and Others Invest in the Revitalization of their Communities.
October-November, 1999 Adobe Acrobat Document (160 K)
  • Presidents Pledge to Renew Higher Ed's Public Purposes and to Rebuild the Democracy
  • The University of Montana: A School Without Walls.

1999

Issue: Contents:
May-June, 1999 Adobe Acrobat Document (112 K)
  • Service-Learning and the Non-traditional Student
  • Four Older Undergrads Share Benefits, Insights, and Challenges to Service Learning
  • Making Service-Learning Work for the Older Student.
March-April, 1999 Adobe Acrobat Document (180 K)
  • Focus on Quality: Beyond Unilateral Engagement: How One University Became a True Community Partner
  • Exploring Higher Ed's Role in Civic Responsibility.
December-January, 1998-1999 Adobe Acrobat Document (304 K)
  • New Federal Programs and Legislation Have Big Effects on Higher Ed
  • Quality Service Program Gives Kids and Undergrads a Jumpstart.

1998

Issue: Contents:
October-November, 1998 Adobe Acrobat Document (228 K)
  • Campus Compact Convenes Wingspread Gathering to Explore Successful Partnerships
  • Introducing New Project Director
  • Five Undergrads Receive Howard R. Swearer Humanitarian Award
  • Midwest Community Service Directors Conference Asks 'Why Do We Do This?
Decmber-January, 1997-1998 Adobe Acrobat Document (56 K)
  • Brown Program Connects Students with Meaningful Work After College
  • Considerations in Mandating Service as a Graduation Requirement
  • Redefining Service Inside and Outside the Classroom.

1997

Issue: Contents:
October-November, 1997 Adobe Acrobat Document (64 K)
  • Research Advisory Council Convenes in New York City
  • Service Learning Institute for Engineering, Mathematics, and Science Faculty
  • Campus Compact Welcomes New Staff.
July-August, 1997 Adobe Acrobat Document (40 K)
  • U.S. Secretary of Education Riley Honors Swearer Award Winners
  • Compact for Learning and Citizenship Announced, Spotlight on Bellarmine College.
May-June, 1997 Adobe Acrobat Document (52 K)
  • Leading Education Groups
  • Campus Compact Announce Partnering Initiative, New Hampshire Becomes Newest State Compact
  • President's Summit: The Compact Comments.
March-April, 1997 Adobe Acrobat Document (60 K)
  • Presidents' Leadership Colloquium Convenes in Washington, D.C.
  • Campus Compact Commits to Presidents' Summit
  • SEAMS Update: Grant Continues to Impact Disciplines.
January-February, 1997 Adobe Acrobat Document (28 K)
  • Compact Names Hollander New Director
  • Utah Launches State Compact.

1996

Issue: Contents:
November-December, 1996 Adobe Acrobat Document (64 K)
  • Federal Budget Boosts Work-Study Funds
  • Partnership Announces M.A. Degree Program for International Service
  • Community Based Learning: The Unintended Consequences.
September-October, 1996 Adobe Acrobat Document (56 K)
  • Voter Registration Drives Now Underway
  • Campus Compact Launches Seams Year II
  • Partnering with the Community.
July-August, 1996 Adobe Acrobat Document (48 K)
  • Rhodes to Step Down as Campus Compact Director
  • President Clinton Speaks at Penn State Commencement
  • National Gathering Convenes in Indianapolis.
March-April, 1996 Adobe Acrobat Document (52 K)
  • Campus Compact Announces Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award Winner
  • Campus Compact Announces the 1996 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award Winners
  • Service Learning 1986-1996.
January-February, 1996 Adobe Acrobat Document (44 K)
  • Oregon Launches a State Compact
  • Olivet College Announces Service Scholarships
  • Educating for Civic Responsibility.

1995

Issue: Contents:
November-December, 1995 Adobe Acrobat Document (68 K)
  • Look Out Colleges and Universites! Here's What to Expect
  • Prudential Survey Reveals High School Students Value Service
  • Astin Study Reveals the Benefits of Volunteering During College Years.
September-October, 1995 Adobe Acrobat Document (48 K)
  • College and University Presidents Issue Rhode Island Challenge
  • Serving Communities, Strengthening Institutions.
July-August, 1995 Adobe Acrobat Document (60 K)
  • Massachusetts Joins National Network
  • Campus Compact Celebrates Ten Years of Service and Higher Education.

Being a part of Campus Compact has let us touch the heart and soul of building better communities while improving teaching and learning for faculty and students. James A. Drake, President, Brevard Community College