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Resources Scroll down for a list of current resources related to civic engagement efforts in higher education. General Resources New Findings from Corporation Study on Volunteering NEW! Volunteering in America (2008) offers comprehensive data with state and city rankings on volunteering trends, retention rates, and the growing “voluntourism” movement — all at a new interactive website. www.volunteeringinAmerica.gov The Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship NEW! The University of Alabama is the inaugural home for this new research journal-that will provide a mechanism for faculty, staff, students, and community partners to disseminate scholarly works from all academic disciplines with the goal of integrating teaching, research, and community engagement. Papers for the inaugural issue were due July 1, but they will consider papers submitted for subsequent issues (see the call for papers at http://ccbp.ua.edu/)
The journal is a project of the Council of the Center for Community-Based Partnerships (CCBP) and has the unanimous support of the 40-person Council. The Council is comprised of scholars and administrators from academic disciplines all across campus, along with community partners from government and the private sector.
It will address critical problems identified through community-based participatory research, a rapidly developing approach to cutting-edge scholarship in which students and community partners play important roles. The founding editor is Dr. Cassandra Simon, associate professor in the School of Social Work. The journal's vision is that the Editorial Board will include community partners and will be balanced in terms of region and theoretical and methodological approaches. Members will serve three-year terms.
The journal website is under construction at http://www.jces.ua.edu/ Organizing Voting Efforts on Campus NEW! As part of its mission to educate a new generation of responsible citizens, Campus Compact has launched a nonpartisan 2008 Campus Vote Initiative, which now includes a host of new tools to help your campus get students involved in voter registration and education efforts. Here are some ways you can act now to engage students in the fall: Take the lead in getting your campus as fully engaged as possible. You can start with the concise campus checklist, which draws on both Campus Compact's 2008 Campus Vote Initiative and Your Vote, Your Voice to summarize key approaches, contacts, examples, and templates for organizing campus efforts. The companion campus organizing guide offers tips for getting others involved. Integrate into current activities then expand your efforts. Find out what's already happening on your campus. Plan so you can fill gaps and strengthen existing efforts. Build a team involving as many key offices and departments as possible, plus anyone else who wants tohelp. Use online tools to connect. Campus Compact's election initiative offers an online mapping tool to let interested people connect with others on their own campus or across campuses to exchange ideas and information. Focus first on registering students to vote; then on getting them to volunteer and learn about the process, issues, and candidates; and finally on getting them out to the polls. Most states' registration deadlines are the first week in October, so you'll need to move quickly to meet them. The 2008 Campus Vote Initiative offers numerous resources to help students register, learn about campaign issues, and participate in get-out-the-vote efforts. In recent decades, far too many young people have doubted that their actions can make a difference. In this election, student votes and volunteering will matter, whoever they support. Their involvement could have a major impact on America's future, while starting them on a lifetime of civic engagement. We hope you'll help make this possible. Visti: http://www.compact.org/vote/ today!
Join the Graduate Student Network The Graduate Student Network (GSN) is for graduate students who are interested in advancing research on service-learning and community engagement. The GSN is an affiliate group of IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement) and provides a graduate-student only listserv, mentoring opportunities, and research advancement and professional development workshops at the annual IARSLCE conference (Oct. 25-28, New Orleans, LA). Currently, the GSN listserv is open to all graduate students, but it will be restricted to IARSLCE members in late October 2008. Please e-mail the GSN chair if you would like to be added to the listserv (Emily Janke at emilymjanke@gmail.com). Please include your name, e-mail, graduate program, and institution. Mentoring, research advancement, and professional development opportunities will be available at the IARSLCE conference in October. Registration and more information about the conference are available at www.researchslce.org. If you wish to join or have any questions about GSN or IARSLCE, please contact Emily Janke at emilymjanke@gmail.com. "How Can Engaged Campuses Improve Student Success in College?" Campus Compact has havs posted this updated research brief, that addresses concern about disparities in educational attainment by race, gender, and class, citing research that supports service-learning and other forms of community engagement as a positive strategy for institutions touse as part of a more comprehensive approach to change. http://www.compact.org/resources/downloads/Retention_Research_Brief.pdf The Peace Corps Master’s International Program Grad school and Peace Corps…why not do both? This program combines graduate study with Peace Corps service overseas. Prospective students apply simultaneously both to the Peace Corps and the graduate program(s) of their choice, and they typically complete one year of graduate school, then serve 27 months in the Peace Corps, and return to the university to complete any remaining degree requirements. More than 50 universities – most of which are Campus Compact members – currently partner with the program. Since 1987, the Master’s International program has offered participants a unique opportunity to combine graduate study with significant international service, connecting theory and practice and contributing to the Peace Corps' first goal: to help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. "Scholarship In Public: Knowledge Creation and Tenure Policy In the Engaged University," by Julie Ellison and Tim Eatman NEW! Imagining America is a national (U.S.) consortium of colleges and universities committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design. Imagining America's Tenure Team Initiative (TTI) aims to advance efforts to develop tenure, promotion, and faculty development practices that foster and honor excellence in publicly-engaged academic work in arts, humanities and design. After a year of research, the first results of the TTI's work has been published in this report. The report is available in PDF format at http://www.imaginingamerica.org/IApdfs/TTI_REPORT%20FINAL%205.2.08.pdf “Do You Know What Bronx Kids Know?” NEW!What Kids Can Do and Next Generation Press have released a publication by 14 Bronx public high school students that turns the tables on “high-stakes testers…uncovering the strengths and skills that urban youth call on every day.” The test addresses such things as:
“Answering its multiple-choice questions, test-takers must consider important issues of multiculturalism and equity, knowledge and skills, and the assumptions that underlie our thinking about what urban youth know and can do.” http://www.nextgenerationpress.org/titles/SAT_Bronx.html Effective Practices for Engaging At-Risk Youth in Service Youth Service America announces a new effective practices publication entitled Effective Practices for Engaging At-Risk Youth in Service. The guide is designed to provide an overview of the underlying theory and effective practices for engaging at-risk youth in service by examining the roles young people played – and can play – in serving their communities. The audiences for this publication are public officials, youth service and service-learning practitioners and teachers, researchers and others whose mission is to plan and implement community service programs for youth with diverse experiences and backgrounds.
To view and print this document, visit: http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/modules/Engaging_At-Risk_Youth_in_Service.pdf. For information about Youth Service America: www.ysa.org.
Study On Youth From Low-Incomes And Civic Education A study by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) found that youth from low-incomes are far less likely than their peers to learn about politics and citizenship in school. To learn more, visit http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/WorkingPapers/WP59Kahne.pdf Recommended Readings from Campus Community Partnerships for Health Order through the CCPH website and receive a 15% discount: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html Work-Based Learning: Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace New and Revised by Joseph A. Raelin Jossey-Bass Achieving the Promise of Authentic Community-Higher Academic Partnerships:
Learn more about the work that's continued since the Summit, including opportunities to get involved, at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/cps.html.
Educating for Democracy Anne Colby, Elizabeth Beaumont, Thomas Ehrlich,and Josh Corngold Wiley Publishing
Recommended Books from Stylus Publishing
http://www.styluspub.com/books/Books.aspx?type=topic&ID=334 Gender Identity, Equity, and Violence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning Edited by Geraldine B. Stahly May 2007 In Safe Hands: A Global Concept of Service Learning in Higher Education Edited by Jean Clarkson January 2008 A New Weave of Power, People, and Politics: The Action Guide for Advocacy and Citizen Participation Lisa VeneKlasen, Valerie Miller April 2007 Race, Poverty, and Social Justice: Multidisciplinary Perspectives through Service Learning Edited by José Z. Calderón June 2007 Promoting Health and Wellness in Underserved Communities: Multidisciplinary Perspectives through Service Learning Edited by Anabel Pelham, Elizabeth Sills June 2008 Research, Advocacy, and Political Engagement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives through Service Learning Edited by Sally Tannenbaum June 2007 Digest Homepage and Table of Contents
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