Spotlight on Major Initiatives

• Carnegie Community Engagement Classification: Drawing its criteria heavily from Campus Compact’s Indicators of Engagement Project, this Carnegie classification reaffirms institutional commitment to deepen the practice of service and to further strengthen bonds between campus and community.
• College Positive Volunteerism: A curriculum guiding volunteers to encourage K-12 to go to college.
• College Student Philanthropy: A compilation of cutting-edge tools, information, and resources for campuses interested in experiential philanthropy.
• Connect 2 Complete: A program that pairs service-learning with peer advocacy, which significantly increases retention rates.
• Federal Work Study: Earn, Learn, and Serve: Getting the Most from Community Service Federal Work-Study.
• Global Citizenship: supporting global citizenship with international partnerships and resources.
• Making College Happen: A web guide for useful practices on increasing student access and success.
• Programs & Syllabi: Our searchable database of hundreds of program models from campuses across the spectrum of higher education, indexed by type of program. Click here to submit your own syllabi.
• Research Universities: A new toolkit with vital resources on the scholarship of engagement, two landmark reports, and other information from a network of research universities committed to engaged scholarship, coordinated by Campus Compact.
• The Engaged Department and Faculty Rewards initiative of the Northern New England Campus Compacts: In 2007, the Campus Compacts of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont embarked on a three-year initiative to incorporate civic engagement and public scholarship into departmental work and faculty rewards processes on campuses in Northern New England. This two-part project included the Engaged Department Initiative (19 academic units) and the Faculty Rewards Initiative (five campuses).