| Community Youth Development | K-12 Civic Education | Engaged Campus | Engaged Campus Welcome to the Engaged Campus section of CPN, which contains declarations, reports, and case studies from the movement to renew the civic mission of higher education. For training manuals, best practice guides, and other resources click on Tools. Essays, Declarations, and Reports Presidents' Fourth of July Declaration on the Civic Responsibility of Higher Education (1999) drafted by Thomas Ehrlich and Elizabeth Hollander and endorsed by the Presidential Leadership Colloquium convened by Campus Compact and the American Council of Education. This represents the most important short statement of vision and principles inthe movement to renew the civic mission of higher education, and has since been signed by hundreds of university presidents. Its accompanying Campus Assessment Tool can help campus stakeholders get started. New Student Politics The Wingspread Statement on Student Civic Engagement (2002: 176 KB pdf), by Sarah Long. Based on the national student summit convened by Campus Compact, this declaration analyzes why many students are alienated from traditional politics, yet also find many forms of community service inadequate. Building upon their experiences in service learning and university-community partnerships, the students call for more robust forms of relational politics and co-production (which they call “servicepolitics”) to help create new bridges to productive civic and politicalengagement. Returning to Our Roots: The Engaged Institution (1999: 480 KB pdf), by the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities, in collaboration with National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. Composed of some two dozen presidents, the Kellogg Commission has placed emphasis on the engaged campus as one of the core elements of renewingthe covenantofland-grant universities. We Grow People: Profiles of Extension Educators (2003: 840 KB pdf), by Scott Peters and Margo Hittleman (eds.), Cornell University Cooperative Extension. These rich profiles explore how university extension educators are reinventing the public dimensions of their work and engaging with communities as civic professionals. Lessons from the Community Outreach Partnership Center Program (2002: 1.3 MB pdf), by Avis Vidal, Nancy Nye, and Christopher Walker of the Urban Institute. This evaluation of the COPC program at the Office of University Partnerships, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, examines the largely successfulexperiences of 25 university grantees and their community partners, especiallynonprofit community-based organizations and neighborhood associations, and offersimportant lessons for improving such partnerships and engaging in strategic communityrevitalization. The Selling of Service-Learning to the Modern University: How Much Will It Cost?. (1997) by Kevin Mattson and Margo Shea. Case Studies "The Renewal of Civic Life: One College's Journey" Explores Experiences at the College of St. Catherine. The author shares the story of her college, the College of St. Catherine, as it begins to move beyond the rhetoric of renewal, civic education, and democratic action to concretely engage in this issue. In addition, one of St. Catherine's students shares her expectations and observations as the college puts rhetoric into action. Case study plus. | 
