Transcript MOVING TOWARDS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Dr. Jean Cate, Quyen Arana & Dewey Hulsey.

MOVING TOWARDS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Dr. Jean Cate, Quyen Arana & Dewey Hulsey
Community Engagement
“The obstinate problems of today and tomorrow in
our nation and world must be addressed by our
universities if society is to have any chance at all of
solving them.” Kellogg Commission
Overview
Transforming Universities
Community
Service
Ivory Tower
Service
Engaged Scholarship
Research
Research
Teaching
Teaching
Three Pillars
Carnegie Application-Self Study
Carnegie Application-Self Study
Creating active citizens that
identify, analyze, and help
solve problems in their local
and global communities.
Carnegie Application-Self Study
Carnegie Classification…
Community Engagement describes the
collaboration between higher education
institutions and their larger communities (local,
regional/state, national, global) for the mutually
beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a
context of partnership and reciprocity.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, 2006
Carnegie Application-Self Study
Defining Features of Engagement
 Meaningful
Partnership
 Mutually beneficial outcomes
 Addresses
a community-identified need
 Through an intellectual activity of importance
 Reciprocity
 Enhances
community capacity
 Enhances student learning and/or research
 Participatory
Exchange of Knowledge –
 Co-creation
 Deliverables
for university and for community
Carnegie Application-Self Study
Community Engagement
in Mission Statement
Community Engagement Survey
Partnership Grid
Partnership Grid
Defining Features of OU Engagement
 Meaningful
partnerships
 Mutually beneficial outcomes
 Addresses a community-identified need
 Through an intellectual activity of importance
 Reciprocity
 Enhances community capacity
 Enhances student learning and/or research
 Participatory Exchange of Knowledge –
 Co-creation
 Deliverables
for university and for community
Carnegie Classification…
Community Engagement describes the
collaboration between higher education
institutions and their larger communities (local,
regional/state, national, global) for the mutually
beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a
context of partnership and reciprocity.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, 2006
Faculty Activities In the Community
Distance
Education
& CommunityBased Learning
Community
CommunityBased
Research
Engagement
Teaching
Research
Service
Service
Learning
Professional
Participatory
Community
Action
Service/Voluntary
Research
Community Service
Service
Outreach
Engagement
Degree of academic/intellectual influence
and influence of partners
Motivators
Faculty
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Sponsored research
funding
Scholarship and
publication opportunities
Graduate student stipends
Enriched student learning
Scholarship applied to
“real world” needs
Consulting opportunities
Prestige
Institutional
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Rankings
Increased and diversified
revenue streams
Political goodwill
Public goodwill
Institutional reputation
Ability to attract top
faculty and students
Distinctiveness
Core Cultural Interest:
Knowledge Creation,
Application & Accumulation
Engagement and OK Compact
Engagement is a core element driving higher education
quality and impact in the 21st Century.
Engagement is relevant to every institution regardless of
type; the level of relevance to discovery and learning
varies according to mission, and community context.
Each institution must articulate its engagement mission
and link it to a coherent research and teaching agenda.
OU Community Engagement Committee
Hosted by Vice Provost for School and Community Partnerships and K20 Center
OU-Norman:
College of Fine Arts, Libraries for Public Services, College of Education, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Center for
Leadership Development, VP for Strategic and Leadership Initiatives, Honors College, Gaylord College of
Journalism and Mass Communication, Student Affairs , Program for Instructional Innovation, Michael F. Price
College of Business, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, VISTA for Student Affairs & K20, College of
Continuing Education, International Programs Center, College of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, College
of Fine Arts, College of Architecture, and University College
OU Health Sciences Center:
Associate Provost for Diversity and Community Partnerships and Associate Provost for Community Partnerships
and Heath Policy
OU Tulsa
Vice President for Strategic Planning in Development and Director for Center for Outreach, Research and Education
Community Engagement
Committee
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Complete Carnegie Community Engagement report
Gather and share community engagement
processes, activities, and examples across
departments, colleges and campuses
Develop recommendations, including structures
and databases, for advancing OU’s institutional
commitment to community engagement
OU’s Community Engagement Framework
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Collaborative and participatory
Draws on many sources of distributed
knowledge; based on partnerships
Shaped by multiple perspectives and
expectations
Deals with difficult, evolving questions
Long term in both effort and impact
Requires diverse strategies and approaches;
crosses geographic and disciplinary lines
OU’s Community Engagement Portal
OU Engage