Welcome to our New Director, Nicole Springer!
The Campus Compact network is excited to welcome Nicole Springer as the new director of Campus Compact for Michigan. As director, Springer will provide leadersh…
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
Thirtieth Anniversary Action Statement
Every summer, Campus Compact convenes a National Network Leadership Meeting, bringing together our Board of Directors, the chairs of our state and regional Comp…
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
Platform Partnerships
Those of us whose work focuses on connecting higher education with the needs and opportunities in communities spend a lot of time thinking about partnerships. W…
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
An Observation About the Mission of Higher Education
You will often hear people speak about the tripartite mission of colleges and universities: teaching, research, and service. I think that way of describing the…
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
The Priority of Democracy for Campus Compact
Campus Compact is a network of extraordinary internal diversity. We comprise 34 state and regional Compacts and 1100 member institutions across the United State…
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
From Hope to Action
I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately, so I haven’t had a chance to turn many of my recent thoughts into posts. I hope I will be forgiven for a response to a p…
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
On Wisconsin
One of the many pleasures of my job is traveling around the country seeing the inspiring work of our state and regional Campus Compacts and the faculty, staff,…
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
Campus Compact’s Thirtieth Anniversary
“In the face of growing complexity and danger in the problems facing American society, there are clear signs that self-interest is undermining public interest….
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
Are College Graduates Prepared to Support their Alma Maters?
In recent weeks, public universities across the country have found themselves buffeted by political forces. In Wisconsin, Louisiana, Illinois, and North Carolin…
Public Purpose: The Blog of Campus Compact President Andrew Seligsohn
The Skills to Make Local Change
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last week about Dartmouth’s effort to fight back against its culture of binge drinking and sexual assault. The pessim…