Resources
MCC to Host Carnegie Classification Workshop
Michigan Campus Compact recently hosted a Carnegie Classification workshop to help campuses successfully submit a strong application. The workshop was lead by Carnegie application veterans Karen McKnight Casey of Michigan State University and Elizabeth Barton of Wayne State University. They walked through each section of the application, offered tips on collecting data and discussed challenges and opportunities.
View the PowerPoint Presentation:
Preparing the Carnegie Engagement Classification Application
Applications are due to the Carnegie Foundation by September 1, 2010.
MCC Compact Magazine2010 Compact - Global Citizenship The third edition of the Compact contains feature stories that illustrate the impact of global citizenship. We are living in a society with increased global interdependence in which it is impossible to ignore the plight of others and our responsibility to educate students on their role in a global society. |
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Serve.gov is your online resource for not only finding volunteer opportunities in your community, but also creating your own. Use Serve.gov to help you do your part. America’s foundation will be built one community at a time – and it starts with you. Serve.gov is managed by the Corporation for National and Community Service. |
United We Serve
"United We Serve" is a nationwide service initiative that will help meet growing social needs resulting from the economic downturn. With the knowledge that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when given the proper tools, President Obama is asking us to come together to help lay a new foundation for growth. This initiative aims to both expand the impact of existing organizations by engaging new volunteers in their work and encourage volunteers to develop their own "do-it-yourself" projects. United We Serve is an initial 81 days of service but will grow into a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to promote service as a way of life for all Americans.
Information on Risk and Liability
Prepare for service-learning with these tips and resources on reducing risk and liability.
Global Citizenship Toolkit
Michigan Campus Compact supports service, service-learning and civic-engagement as tools for global understanding. In doing so, MCC has created the Global Citizenship toolkit to provide and share resources on effective practices, assessment, cross-departmental collaboration and many aspects of global citizenship.
Michigan Campus Compact provides resources for campuses to enhance their community engagement efforts. The most valuable resource is human capital and MCC encourages networking and collaboration among member institutions and with local community organizations. To connect with a campus, please visit our constituents page.
A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education
This report lays out the Lumina Foundation's "big goal" for education and is full of data and provides links to other sites with even more data. The "big goal" is to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials from 39 percent to 60 percent by the year 2025. The report describes the national problem and presents state-by-state data and profiles.
ASSETS Abstracts
Accent on Student Success: Engaged Together in Service, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and through the Community College National Center for Civic Engagement. Explore abstracts from this grant program.
An American Mosaic: Service Learning Stories
The American Association of Community Colleges is pleased to announce the publication of "An American Mosaic: Service Learning Stories." This new 38-page monograph describes service learning initiatives and outcomes at 12 community colleges that participated in AACC's 2003-2006 grant program, Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning
Federal Work-Study Resource
With the U.S. Department of Education showing signs of tightening enforcement of Federal Work-Study (FWS) regulations, now is the time to learn as much as possible about how to meet or exceed the federally mandated requirement that 7% of all FWS funds go toward community service positions. Campus Compact's new online publication, Earn, Learn, and Serve: Getting the Most from Community Service Federal Work-Study, answers these questions and many more. Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service through a grant from Learn and Serve America, this new resource is available FREE online at http://www.compact.org/fws/.
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (10-year Student Loan Public Service Forgiveness Program) Purpose: to encourage full-time employment in public service by offering an incentive in loan reduction within a shorter amount of time. Similar government programs had a 25 year timeline. Now this revised program has a 10-year timeline.
Opportunity Updates
Opportunities and resources archived and subscription instructions for MCC constituent listservs
Citizenship and Civic Education Links
Service-Learning, K-16 Education, National Service, Michigan Participation, Civics/History, International, Character Education, Diversity, Lifelong Engagement, Public Policy/Legislation, Service Issue Specific Resources on the education of citizens
Research/Assessment
Learning outcome, student and community impact resources
Campus Compacts
Links to state Campus Compacts and other National Campus Compact Resources
Media Relations Kit
The purpose of this Media Relations Kit is to provide templates and samples to utilize for a variety of communication purposes.The kit is based on the needs of the organization and its members and will be modified as those needs evolve. The Media Relations Kit is generously supported with funding from the Ford Motor Company Fund.
Faculty Toolkit for Service-Learning in Higher Education
The materials in the toolkit are divided into 10 units designed to aid faculty in every step of planning, designing, and implementing service-learning programs into their curriculum and institutions as well as program evaluation and assessment. Each unit includes tips and in-depth content information about the topic presented and most units include case studies providing real life experiences for readers to learn from.
VISTA Effective Practices
MCC AmeriCorps*VISTAs act as ambassadors for service-learning, community service and civic engagement state-wide through their work with MCC member campuses. As such, VISTAs create materials that can be used by their host campus, as well as other campuses, to promote service initiatives. The one page documents below represent “Effective Practices” or model programs within the MCC network as collected and documented by AmeriCorps*VISTA members.