Civic Action Planning

Helping colleges and universities to envision an integrated approach to teaching, scholarship, and institutional policies that centers equity and the public purposes of higher education.

Civic Action Planning provides a blueprint for campuses to follow that intentionally aligns practices with values—ensuring that civic and community engagement is broadly and deeply integrated into institutional action.

Through deeply strategic and collaborative work, colleges and universities develop Civic Action Plans to envision an integrated approach to teaching, scholarship, and institutional policies. Through Civic Action Planning, campuses can build their strategic capacity, goals, and action to pursue the public purpose of higher education and make civic learning and democracy engagement part of all students' degree requirements.

Enhancing Civic Action Planning

For the 2024-2025 academic year, Campus Compact will revise and enhance its existing Civic Action Planning offerings by crafting new tools, online repositories, workshops, and consultations, that respond to the needs of today and support campuses in holistically actualizing sustainable change.