Campus Compact today announces three new awards that will be bestowed on individuals and institutions who have demonstrated outstanding work in pursuit of the public purposes of higher education. The Nadinne Cruz Community Engagement Professional Award celebrates the ethical leadership and advocacy demonstrated by Community Engagement Professionals. Each year, we will recognize an exemplary Community Engagement Professional who has demonstrated collaboration with communities focused on transformative change, a commitment to justice-oriented work, and an impact on the larger movement to build ethical and effective community engagement locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. The award is named for Nadinne Cruz, an innovative leader of community-based experiential learning and a pioneer of the movement for the public purposes of higher education. The Nadinne Cruz Award celebrates the ethical leadership and advocacy demonstrated by Community Engagement Professionals. The Richard Guarasci Award for Institutional Transformation and the Eduardo J. Padrón Award for Institutional Transformation recognize 4-year institutions and community colleges, respectively, that have successfully implemented…

Campus Compact is pleased to invite evaluation consultants to submit proposals for the Engaged Scholars Initiative (ESI) being carried out over the next year. Up to $20,000 in funding is available to conduct an evaluation of the Engaged Scholars Initiative. Download the RFP

Eight years ago, the 1st International Service-Learning Summit focused on quality and critical concerns regarding higher education institutions involved in international service and civic engagement. That first gathering sparked the development of a community of practice dedicated to partnerships that benefit communities and students at home and abroad, The Globalsl Network. Today, we recognize several accomplishments, numerous continuing needs, and a shift in our strategy moving forward.  What have we achieved?  The Globalsl Network has gathered more than 1,000 people in in-person dialogues in the name of advancing ethical community-campus partnerships and critical global citizenship. Network members have produced scores of related popular and academic articles and books, and the ideas shared in those pieces have also been translated into broadly recognized standards. The Fair Trade Learning approach employed by a number of members plays a pivotal role in the Forum on Education Abroad’s Guidelines for Service-Learning, Community Engagement, and Volunteering Abroad and the American Gap Year Association’s Program Standards,…