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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

Research

Transforming Universities

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Teaching

Service

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Creating active citizens that identify, analyze, and help solve problems in their local and global communities.

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

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Defining Features of Engagement

Meaningful Partnership Mutually beneficial outcomes

Addresses a community-identified need Through an intellectual activity of importance

ReciprocityEnhances community capacityEnhances student learning and/or research

Participatory Exchange of Knowledge – Co-creation

Deliverables for university and for community

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Community Engagement in Mission Statement

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Partnership Grid

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Defining Features of OU Engagement

Meaningful partnerships Mutually beneficial outcomes

Addresses a community-identified need Through an intellectual activity of importance

ReciprocityEnhances community capacityEnhances 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

Research

Community

Teaching

DistanceEducation& Community-Based Learning

Service Learning

Community-Based

Research

Participatory Action

Research

Professional Community

Service/VoluntaryCommunity Service

Service

Engagement

Service Outreach Engagement

Degree of academic/intellectual influence and influence of partners

Motivators

Sponsored research funding

Scholarship and publication opportunities

Graduate student stipends Enriched student learning Scholarship applied to

“real world” needs Consulting opportunities Prestige

Rankings Increased and diversified

revenue streams Political goodwill Public goodwill Institutional reputation Ability to attract top

faculty and students Distinctiveness

Faculty Institutional

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 TulsaVice President for Strategic Planning in Development and Director for Center for Outreach, Research and Education

Community Engagement Committee

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

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

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