Civic Engagement: Best Practices and Tools You Can Use

Your institutional mission statement likely includes a claim that you, as an institution, will prepare students for engaged citizenship, active democratic participation, and social responsibility.

However, this may not reflect reality.

Civic engagement programs exist on many campuses across the country, but they are often isolated to one corner of campus and limited to a small number of students.

Civic engagement is the process of collaborating to make a difference in our communities.

By developing the aptitude, ideals, and motivation we need to make that difference, we promote quality of life in a community through both political and non-political processes.

A healthy democracy begins with citizens who are actively engaged in civic life—citizens who take responsibility for building communities, solving community problems, and participating in the electoral and political process.

Barbara Jacoby, Ph.D., Faculty Associate for Leadership and Community Service-Learning, University of Maryland, College Park., explains how you can prepare students for lives of civic engagement by providing the fundamentals and best practices of civic engagement in higher education.

 During this energetic 90-minute presentation, you will:   

• Learn exactly what civic engagement is and why it matters
• Review examples of outstanding civic engagement initiatives in all shapes and sizes, at all types of institutions
• Understand the desired learning outcomes for civic engagement and how to assess them
• Determine how you can increase opportunities for students to practice civic engagement

Who can benefit from this seminar?

• Provosts
• Academic officers
• Senior student affairs officers
• Faculty members across disciplines
• Student affairs professionals
• Directors of service-learning, community service, and civic engagement centers or programs
• Service-learning and community service staff members
• Civic engagement educators
• Leadership development educators
• Campus activities staff members

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