At the core, colleges and universities aim to educate students. Nearly every institution has some reference to a public purpose in its mission statement. In that mission statement, there are often references to intended outcomes that tie to citizenship, leadership, ethics, or other ways that their graduates will lead meaningful lives and make contributions to the broader society. Yet, not every campus center (for community engagement) has articulated a formal set of student learning outcomes and an assessment plan for measuring them. Doing so is a good idea. Earning the highest accolades for campus community engagement, such as the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, requires showing the integration of assessment and evaluation. Integrating student learning outcomes is also likely to show positive results, as well as undergird continuous improvement. Here, find a few of the large-scale empirical studies that have demonstrated the benefits of co-curricular, curricular, and integrated community service and engagement for student learning
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