Thomas SchnaubeltExecutive DirectorWisconsin Campus Compact262-595-2002Thomas.schnaubelt@uwp.edu

Overview

WiCC Mission and Philosophy The Engaged Campus Wisconsin Campus Compact

October 22, 2002 to present Vision for the Future

There is a “cascade of statistical evidence documenting a seemingly bottomless disaffection with politics and public affairs among successive cohorts of college students.”

Richard BattistoniCivic Engagement Across the Curriculum, 2002

“Electoral participation of Americans under the age of 25 has declined since 1972, when 18-to-21-year-olds were first permitted to vote. The size of the decline in presidential-election years is between 13 and 15 percentage points (depending on the method of calculation).”

Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 2002

“While 40 percent of 15-17 year olds have volunteered in the last year, only 21 percent of those ages 18-25 volunteered.”

Data from annual surveys of college freshman over the past 35 years suggest that there has been a recent upswing in interest in political affairs; however, the number of students indicating that politics is “very important” or “essential” remains roughly half (32.9%) of what it was in 1966 (60.3%).

Higher Education Research InstituteUCLA (2002)

Center for Democracy and Citizenship/CIRCLE (2004)

Are College Students Apathetic…or Do They Just Not Care?

1. Creation of good paying jobs.2. Access to affordable college.3. Access to affordable health care.4. The war in Iraq.5. Safety from terrorism.6. Drug and alcohol use.7. Taxes.8. Tolerance for those who are different.9. Discrimination and prejudice.10. Gun violence.

(Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 2004)

Mission Statement

To strengthen civic engagement and service-

learning partnerships between Wisconsin’s postsecondary

institutions and the communities they serve.

Four Interrelated Areas of Development

Student Community Faculty Campus

Community

Student

Campus

Faculty

WiCC

WiCC Members

Sr. Kathleen O’Brien, Interim President

Alverno College

Sr. Mary Lea Schneider, PresidentCardinal Strich University

F. Gregory Campbell, PresidentCarthage College

James Ebben, PresidentEdgewood College

Stephen Gould, PresidentLakeland College

Richard Warch, PresidentLawrence University

Richard Ridenour, PresidentMarian College

Robert A. Wild, SJ, PresidentMarquette University

Terrance Coffman, PresidentMilwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Robert Greenstreet, Interim ChancellorUW-Milwaukee

Richard Wells, ChancellorUW-Oshkosh

John P. Keating, ChancellorUW-Parkside

Ann Lydecker, ChancellorUW-River Falls

Virginia Helm, Interim ChancellorUW-Stevens Point

Charles W. Sorensen, ChancellorUW-Stout

Julius Erlenbach, ChancellorUW-Superior

John Miller, ChancellorUW-Whitewater

Sam Borden, PresidentGateway Technical College

Rose Ann Findlen, Acting PresidentMadison Area Technical College Carol Brown, PresidentWaukesha County Technical College

Karen Halbersleben, PresidentNorthland College

David C. Joyce, PresidentRipon College

Timothy J. Kriewall, PresidentWisconsin Lutheran College

William Messner, ChancellorUW-Colleges

Donald Mash, ChancellorUW-Eau Claire

Kevin Reilly, ChancellorUW-Extension

Bruce Shepard, ChancellorUW-Green Bay

Douglas Hastad, ChancellorUW-La Crosse

John Wiley, ChancellorUW-Madison

What Makes Wisconsin Campus Compact Unique?

WiCC works across public, private, two-year, four-year and technical educational institutions, and;

WiCC’s primary focus is on higher education’s civic purpose (renewal and reform).

The Engaged Campus

What does it look like?

Components of Engagement

StudentVolunteerism

Co-curricularService

ResourceSharing

Service-Learning

Internships/Coops

ExtensionService

FacultyOutreach

EconomicDevelopment

EngagedCampus

Adapted from Edward Zlotkowski.This list is NOT comprehensive.

Campus CompactIndicators of Engagement

Mission and purpose Administrative/academic leadership External resource allocation----------------------------------------- Disciplines, departments, interdisciplinary work Faculty roles and rewards Internal resource allocation Community voice----------------------------------------- Enabling mechanisms to work with community and faculty Faculty development Integrated and complementary community service activities Forums for fostering public dialogue Pedagogy and epistemology include engagement

Level 1Introductory(Critical Mass Building)

Level 2Intermediate(Quality Building)

Level 3Advanced(Sustained Institutionalization)

Campus Civic Engagement “Predictor” Indicators

Ten of the thirty campus civic engagement indicators were found to be especially strong at “predicting” overall civic engagement strength. In nearly every case, the most engaged campuses performed above average on the following indicators:

1. Scholarship of engagement is valued for faculty.2. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to be active in the community.3. Professional development is available to support leadership of all stakeholders

in engagement.4. Multiculturalism is valued as part of campus identity.5. Adequate professional staff and/or coordination exists to effectively support

engagement.6. Faculty development opportunities support engagement.7. Resources are shared in partnerships and joint community development

efforts.8. Recognition/awards exist for exemplary engagement work.9. Service-learning and other community-based forms of education exist

throughout departments/disciplines.10. Communications/PR/publications promote visibility of civic engagement.

Minnesota Campus Compact, 2003

NCA Higher Learning CommissionAccreditation Criterion #5Engagement and Service

5A. The organization learns from the constituencies it serves and analyzes its capacity to serve their needs and expectations.

5B. The organization has the capacity and the commitment to engage with its identified constituencies and communities.

5C. The organization demonstrates its responsiveness to those constituencies that depend on it for service.

5D. Internal and external constituencies value the services the organization provides.

Wisconsin Campus CompactOctober 22, 2002 – present

Events and Gatherings SL and the First Year Experience Workshop SL and Two-Year/Technical Colleges Workshop From the Horse’s Mouth (Johnson Foundation) Raise Your Voice Campaign (February 15 – March 20,

2004) Five Regional Community-Campus Civic Engagement

Summits New Voters Project (March 5, 2004) Wisconsin Engaged Practitioners Meeting (April 12, 2004) 2004 Discipline-Specific Service-Learning Workshops Social Science & Education - Engaged Department

Institute (June 7-8, 2004) K-16 Service-Learning Institute (September 23, 2004) 2004 Student Civic Leadership Institute (September 2004)

Wisconsin Campus CompactGrant Opportunities and Support

Building Social and Economic Capital ($40,000) Citizen Scholar ($2,000-$3,000) Engaged Department ($4,000-$6,000) Raise Your Voice Campaign ($500-$2,000) K-16 AmeriCorps*VISTA Service-Learning Project

35 campus coordinators $163,000 in scholarships

New Voters Project

NOTE: All RFPs and applications are available online at www.wicampuscompact.uwp.edu

Vision for the Future Benchmarks for Student Engagement (NSSE) Comprehensive Assessment of Institutional

Civic Engagement Practices Support for Infrastructure and Enabling

Mechanisms Student and Faculty Fellows/Awards Program Build Public Awareness Move Civic Purpose from Margins to

Mainstream

Fundamental Questions

1. What are the qualities of civic engagement (institutional and individual)?

2. How do we know whether institutions and individuals have these qualities?

3. How can postsecondary institutions serve as more effective stewards of democracy?