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Resources Scroll down for a list of current resources related to civic engagement efforts in higher education. General Resources Join the International Solutions to End Poverty Listserv NEW! The listserv is dedicated to anyone who is dedicated to the Millennium Development Goals. Subscribers pledge to share their ideas as we combine our human, financial and social capital to find solutions to end poverty. Members include social entrepreneurs, representatives of socially-responsible corporations, government officials and policymakers, philanthropists, private foundations, angel investors, venture capitalists, transnational social movement organizations, educators and students. To subscribe, go to: https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/isep "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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