Community Engagement in
the California State University
May 2010
70,000
65,000
60,000
• 170: number of new
service-learning courses
created
50,000
40,000
30,000
Accomplishments AY 2008/09
28,800
• 2,575: total number of
service-learning courses
offered per year
20,000
10,000
0
1999/2000
2008/2009
Number of service-learning
opportunities per year
• 125% increase since
initiative began
Accomplishments in AY 2008/09
• 194,000 CSU students
performed community service,
totaling 32 million hours
• 43% increase since 1999
• $650 million economic impact
Return on
Investment
State Funds:
25%
Grants: 75%
Accomplishments in AY 2008/09
$3,935,880 in grants
from external sources
systemwide
Highlights AY 2008/09
• 14 CSU campuses named to the 2009 President’s
Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
Channel Islands
Dominguez Hills
Fresno
Fullerton
Humboldt
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Monterey Bay
Pomona
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Luis Obispo
San Marcos
Stanislaus
Highlights AY 2008/09
• 5,974 partner sites for student placements in
2008, compared with 3,560 in 2007.
California Campus Compact and the California State University:
An Enduring Partnership of Commitment,
Collaboration and Community Engagement
California Campus Compact
• Champions more than 500,000 students, faculty
members, administrators and community
members
• Supports and expands civic and community
engagement in California
• Founded in 1988
• Hosted by San Francisco State since 1995
Return on Investment in AY 2008/09
CSU
Membership
fee
• Average 2008/09 membership
fee for all CSU campuses was
$4,109
• Average return on investment for
CSU campuses was $27,000
• 70% more than the average
return on investment for all
member campuses ($16,000).
CACC awards
and grants
Benefits of Membership in CACC
• Systemwide and Presidential Leadership
Opportunities
• Advocacy on State and Federal Legislation
• Cutting Edge Research and Best Practices
• Professional Development Opportunities
Systemwide and Presidential
Leadership Opportunities
• Presidential Leadership
Colloquium,1998 & 2004
• Chief Academic Officers
Colloquium
Advocacy on State and
Federal Legislation
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•
•
•
California Service Alliance
California’s Call to Service
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
Engaging Californians in Updating California’s
Master Plan for Higher Education
Research and Best Practices
• Community Voices Study
• Risk Management and Liability
• Annual Survey
Professional Development
• Engaged Department Institutes (2000-2004)
• Artful Partnership: Advancement and Community
Engagement (2005)
• Diving Deep (2010)
Presidential Leadership
• Dr. Robert Corrigan
• host and former Board Chair
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•
•
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•
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•
Dr. Tomas Arciniega
Dr. Ruben Arminana
Dr. Donald Gerth
Dr. Ellis McCune
Dr. Norma Rees
Dr. Rollin Richmond
Dr. John Welty
Dr. Blenda Wilson
Presidential Leadership
• Dr. Richard Rush
• CACC Board Chair, 2004-2010
• Vice Chair, National Campus
Compact Board, 2005-present
• Former board chair of Minnesota
Campus Compact
A Partnership of Innovation and Impact