Higher Education and Civic Engagment Resources
ANUIES
www.anuies.mx
(in Spanish)
ANUIES (National Association
of Universities and Institutions of
is an association of 134
Mexican universities, which participates in the
creation of programs and
national plans and policies, as well as in the
creation of organizations
dedicated to the development of Mexican higher
education. ANUIES has
studied Servicio Social, a nationwide service
program for university students
in
American Association
of Higher Education
The AAHE Service Learning
Project (now complete) consisted of a two-part
initiative dedicated to the
integration of service-learning across the
disciplines. The project was
anchored by a multi-volume series of books
designed to provide resources to
faculty wishing to explore community-based
learning in and through the
individual academic disciplines.
American Association
of
http://www.aascu.org/programs/adp/default.htm
The American Democracy
Project is a multi-campus initiative to create
intellectual and experiential
understandings of civic engagement for
undergraduates enrolled at institutions
that are members of the American Association of
State Colleges and Universities
(AASCU).
Association of
http://www.aacu.org/civic_engagement/index.cfm
Designed as a catalyst and
incubator of new ideas, research, and
collaborations, the Center for Liberal
Education and Civic Engagement seeks to deepen
understandings of the relation
of liberal education to service and civic
responsibilities.
Campus
Compact
A national coalition of over
950
Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/
A national and international center for
research and policy studies about
teaching and learning including projects on
civic responsibility and political
engagement.
Center for Democracy and
Citizenship
http://www.publicwork.org/
This center, located at the Hubert Humphrey
Institute of Public Affairs at the
Center for Health
Professions
http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/
The Center’s mission
is to assist health care professionals,
health
professions schools, care delivery
organizations and public policy makers
respond to the challenges of educating and
managing a health care workforce
capable of improving the health and well being
of people and their
communities.
Center for
Information and Research on Civic Learning and
Engagement (CIRCLE)
http://www.civicyouth.org/
A research organization dedicated to the civic
and political engagement of
youth in the
CHESP
http://www.chesp.org.za/
An initiative of the Joint Education Trust,
CHESP (Community - Higher Education
- Service Partnerships) supports South African
higher education institutions to
assist disadvantaged communities through the
development of partnerships,
policies, and academic
programs.
Civic
Education Network
http://www.apsanet.org/section_245.cfm
The American Political Science Association’s
network for resources, news,
recommended reading list on civic and political
education. Its task force was
created to initiate a civic education program
in political science using
research, references, workshops and other
means.
Civic
Education Project
http://www.cep.org.hu/
Works to enhance the development of higher and
professional education in
societies engaged in political and economic
transition in Central and Eastern
Europe and
CIVICUS
http://www.civicus.org
CIVICUS is an international organization that
promotes citizen action and civil
society throughout the world. The
organization provides resources,
services, and programs to facilitate civil
society development.
CivNet
International
http://www.civnet.org/
A website of
Civitas International. Encourages
civic education at the pre-collegiate and
collegiate levels as it is vital both
to newer and older democracies, to ensure that
future generations of citizens
understand the values, mechanisms, and skills
necessary to develop and maintain
a democratic political system.
Council of
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/education/E.D.C/
The Education for Democratic
Citizenship (EDC) includes all practices and
activities designed to help young
people and adults participate actively in
democratic life by accepting and
exercising their rights and responsibilities in
society. Although
this project came to an end in 2004,
2005 was pronounced the European Year of
Citizenship, and the website continues
to have important information.
International
Consortium for Higher Education, Civic
Responsibility and
Democracy
http://iche.sas.upenn.edu/index/index.htm
The International
Consortium seeks to document, understand and
advance the contributions of higher education
to democracy on the campus, in
the local community and the wider society.
The International
Consortium undertakes
cross-national research projects, joint
meetings and the sharing of “best
practices” as part of its efforts to advance
higher education’s contribution to
building democratic societies. A Pilot
Study, Universities as Sites of Citizenship and
Civic Responsibility Project,
was recently undertaken with the support of the
Council of Europe.
International Science
Shop Network
Science Shops are independent
organizations created to liaise between the
community and research institutions,
primarily universities, in order to conduct
community-based research based on
civil society’s
priorities.
National Service
Learning Clearing
House
http://www.servicelearning.org/
The Learn and Serve America
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse is a
large collection of information on
service-learning (education through service)
techniques and projects.
The site includes a multitude of
resources on
service-learning in higher education.
NERCHE was
created to fill the need for information,
interpretation, analysis and technical
assistance regarding issues in
higher education that affect colleges and
universities in New England.
NERCHE focuses on colleges and universities as
workplaces and organizations and
brings to this mission a clear commitment to
collaboration, community building,
and support for institutional change and
innovation.
Office of University
Partnerships,
The office was established to
provide funding for institutions of higher
education to expand their efforts to
make a difference in their communities.
This website contains information about
research, curriculum, and
technical assistance in this
area.
http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/PHENND.html
PHENND is a consortium
of 42 colleges and universities in the
greater Philadelphia area
working to build the capacity of its member
institutions to develop mutually
beneficial, sustained, and democratic
community-based service learning
partnerships. The consortium actively seeks to
revitalize local communities and
schools and foster civic responsibility among
the region's colleges and
universities.
www.project55.org
An organization founded by the Princeton Class
of 1955 to encourage students
and alumni to work together to provide civic
leadership. The Civic Values
Initiative enhances opportunities for civic
involvement at the
university.
Project
Pericles
http://www.projectpericles.org/
Project Pericles is a
not-for-profit organization that encourages and
facilitates commitments by
colleges and universities to include education
for social responsibility and
participatory citizenship as an essential part
of their educational programs,
in the classroom, on the campus, and in the
community.
The
Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement
in
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/saguaro/
The Saguaro Seminar is an ongoing project on
community engagement at the
Kennedy School of Government. The group
is responsible for developing
recommendations for strategies that will help
foster the growth of social
capital and civic connectedness in
Service
Enquiry
http://www.service-enquiry.org.za/
Service
Enquiry
is a series published by the Global Service
Institute,
The focus of Service
Enquiry is on the latest
developments in service policy and programs,
and on the impact of service on
democratic values, citizenship and
socio-economic development. Each edition
seeks to develop new knowledge by analyzing the
experience of service and
volunteerism in different parts of the
world.
An electronic version of the journal is
available for download from the
website.
UC Berkeley
Service-Learning Research and
http://gse.berkeley.edu/research/slc/ServiceLearning.html
The Center studies the impact
of service-learning on the education
field. Its website contains the
Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Research
Directory.
UNISOL
http://www.unisol.org.br
An association of universities, businesses, and
communities promoting volunteer
service of students in impoverished regions
throughout
http://www.uq.edu.au/csrc/consortium/consort.htm
A partner of the
International Consortium for Higher Education,
Civic Responsibility and
Democracy (ICHE), the purpose of the project is
to develop an Australian arm of
the Consortium’s international research project
regarding the role of
universities in community development.
http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/civic/iscivicorg.html
The site notes US and Israeli
civic education organizations, as well as
related resources and
events.