For 35 years, Campus Compact has been supporting colleges and universities to educate people for active and informed participation in our democracy and our communities. As a Campus Compact member, we will connect you to tools, resources, and opportunities you need to fulfill this mission.
Reasons to Join
Resources you can count on
For decades, we’ve offered practical tools for community-based teaching, campus-community partnership development, and more with ways to exchange resources and ideas. We lift up new voices to bring leading-edge resources to drive your work.
- Publications—discounts on everything from foundational knowledge to of-the-moment topics published by Campus Compact
(Coming in 2023: Anti-Racist Community Engagement:
Principles and Practices) - Civic Action Planning—establish goals for aligning institutional practices and value
- Our online Resource Library holds a wide variety of current and archival materials that can assist in your civic and community engagement work. Find recorded trainings, syllabi, curated collections on key topics, and much more.
Communities and Networks
We intentionally convene and build member communities and networks that create deep connections and capacity for impact.
- Campus Compact Affinity Networks bring together member campus faculty and staff from across the country to advance common priorities through sustained collegial networks.
- Community Colleges for Democracy
- The Research University Civic Engagement Network (TRUCEN)
- Minority Serving Institutions
- Rural Serving Institutions
- Mid-Career Community Engagement Professionals
Relationship-centered professional development
Our programs and initiatives support faculty, staff, and administrators across institutions to build skills, capacity for change, and leadership. We offer a wide diversity of programs that foster connections and growth.
- Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program—earn recogntion of competency in higher education community engagement and find a framework for continuous learning about developing effective, inclusive, and equity-based partnerships and practices. Earning credentials also offers a great opportunity for whole-team professional development.
- Engaged Scholars Initiative—join engaged faculty and staff in a year-long cohort experience designed to strengthen community-engaged scholarship and leadership on equity-focused change
- National conference—build community and learn from members across the country
- Communities of Practice—join cohorts for shared learning and exchange around key areas of civic and community engagement practice (e.g., community partnership, engaged teaching and learning, assessment and evaluation, place-based strategies, engaged research, equity and inclusion, etc.)
Transformational student experiences
Educating students to be active and informed community members is central to all of our programming. We support students as they develop leadership skills, strategies for engagement, public applications of academic knowledge, and increased civic participation.
- Student summer programs—experiences like the Tyson Summer Community Internship help students develop skills and partner with communities
- The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes outstanding students who are already contributing to the health and strength of communities. We take their leadership to the next level through cohort-based student professional development.
- Student Certificate in Community Engagement (coming soon)j
Recognition and visibility
We are a professional home for community-engaged institutions, professionals, and faculty. We recognize excellence and advocate for the critical role in higher education in building democracy, the economy, and society.
- Partnerships—leverage resources from local and national organizations through established Campus Compact partnerships
- Advocacy for the critical role of higher education in enabling full participation in the economy, society, and democracy
- Summits for presidents and chancellors—cultivate shared goals and collective voice around the public purposes of higher education.
- Impact Awards—earn recognition for outstanding community engagement work for faculty, community engagement professionals, and institutions
We are a coalition for a reason; together, we can enable collective action for the public good in ways no one institution can do alone.
Don’t just take it from us, see what our members say:
“I consider Campus Compact to be one of the most enlightened and farsighted ventures that American colleges and universities have undertaken in recent years. It provides evidence that there are, in the world of higher education, people more than willing to pitch in, people of vision and commitment.”
John Gardner, Former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and Former President of the Carnegie Corporation
“Campus Compact is inspiring a new era of civic engagement within higher education, and more importantly, introducing a new dimension of learning into our students’ lives.”
Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College
“I know of no other educational organization that has a track record like Campus Compact’s over the past 20 years… It is a phenomenal success, not just in terms of growth in numbers, but in terms of the impact it’s had on communities, on campuses, and on individual lives.”
Frank Rhodes, Former President of Cornell University
“Campus Compact has provided invaluable support for service-learning at our institution, particularly the website, resource materials, syllabi, conferences (including regional conferences), program development tools, publications, model program information, newsletter, calendar of service events, and annual statistics.”
Tidewater Community College (VA)
“Thanks for your continued outstanding leadership at Campus Compact.Your publications and programs are always top-notch. I sincerely appreciate all you have done for us in the trenches.”
William F. Moeller, Director, Center for Civic Education and Service, Florida State University (FL)
“One of the best supports for developing civic engagement in higher education is Campus Compact, and one of my first steps as President of Florida Gulf Coast University was to ensure FGCU became a member.”
William C. Merwin, President, Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
“[Campus Compact] has helped foster a network of people involved in the public interest at institutions of higher ed, which has been a great resource.”
Harvard University (MA)
“[Campus Compact] connects the campus with the city formally and informally, which is very useful in a variety of ways, from name recognition for service-learning and the university to developing and funding a new position that will foster relationships between schools, universities, and city offices.”
Hamline University (MN)
“Hope and faith are contagious, and thanks to you [Campus Compact] our hope is renewed and dreams are kept alive. It is inspiring to participate with a community that lives what it says.”
YWCA Of Helena (MN)
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