The Elective Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

“In The Elective Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, Saltmarsh and Johnson have brought together scholars and practitioners from a diverse array of institutions who provide thoughtful, practical advice and insights about community engagement efforts in higher education. These experts offer candid reflections on how the process of applying for (or renewing) the classification can benefit an institution’s culture, commitment, self-assessment, strategic planning, and outreach. Institutions interested in pursuing this voluntary classification, as well as in enhancing their community engagement initiatives more broadly, will find this volume to be an extremely valuable resource.”

Jonathan Alger, President, James Madison University

“Now approaching its 5th cycle, the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement is contributing significantly to the improvement of community engagement strategies and outcomes. This book offers clear and valuable perspectives [as well as] models and tips from a diverse array of institutional settings. Whether your campus plans to apply for the classification or you want an excellent guide for internal planning and assessment, this book is an excellent resource to help inform your path toward a strong and effective agenda of engagement.”

Barbara A. Holland, Distinguished Professor of Community Engagement, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Foreword -- Andrew J. Seligsohn
1. An Introduction to the Elective Carnegie Community Engagement Classification -- John Saltmarsh and Mathew B. Johnson

Part One: First-Time Classification
2. Foundational Indicators -- Lina D. Dostilio
3. Curricular Engagement: What the Community Engagement Classification Taught Me -- John Reiff
4. Outreach and Partnerships: Cornell University’s Approach to Classification -- Richard Kiely, Amanda Kittelberger, and Amanda Wittman
5. Key Lessons and Guiding Questions: First-Time Classification -- Georgina Manok

Part Two: Reclassification
6. Foundational Indicators: Embrace the Journey -- Melissa Quan
7. Curricular Engagement: In the Eye of The Whirlwind -- Marshall Welch
8. Outreach and Partnerships: Making the Juice Worth the Squeeze -- Emily M. Janke
9. Key Lessons and Guiding Questions: Reclassification -- Georgina Manok

Part Three: Gathering and Using Evidence
10. Aligning Community Engagement With Reaccreditation and Strategic Planning: Creating a Jazz Ensemble to Orchestrate Change -- Julie A. Hatcher and Stephen P. Hundley
11. Putting Together a Team: The “Us” Task -- Marisol Morales
12. A Never-Ending Journey, but at Least There’s a Roadmap: Capitalizing on Achieving the Classification and Looking Ahead to Reclassification -- Brenda Marsteller Kowalewski
13. Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? How a Campus Rethought Its Community Engagement Agenda After a Failed Carnegie Attempt -- Monica Kowal
14. Key Lessons and Guiding Questions: Gathering and Using Evidence -- Georgina Manok

Afterword: So You’re Carnegie Classified, Now What? -- Georgina Manok
Editors and Contributors
Index

John Saltmarsh

John Saltmarsh is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Leadership in Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is also Distinguished Engaged Scholar at the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University, where he leads the project in which the Swearer Center serves as the administrative partner with the Carnegie Foundation for elective Community Engagement Classification.

Mathew B. Johnson

Mathew B. Johnson is Associate Dean for Engaged Scholarship and Executive Director of the Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University, Providence. The Swearer Center is home of the College and University Engagement Initiative which includes the administration of the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, the the National Assessment for Service and Community Engagement, the Lynton Early Career Faculty Award for Engaged Scholarship, and other field-building projects and initiatives.