College-Community Resource List

I. Colleges and Universities as Anchor Institutions

  • American Association of State Colleges and Universities. (2002). Stepping forward as stewards of place: A guide for leading public engagement at state colleges and universities. Link Here
  • Democracy Collaborative. (n.d). Overview: Anchor institutions. Community Wealth. Link Here
  • Fallows, J. M., & Fallows, D. (2019). Our towns: A 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America. Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Link Here
  • Froedman, F., Perry, D., & Carrie, M. (n.d.). The foundational role of universities as anchor institutions in urban development: A report of national data and survey findings. Coalition of Urban Serving Universities and Association of Land Grant and Public Universities. Link Here 
  • Saltmarsh, J. & Matthew, H. (2011). Democratic engagement. In J. Saltmarsh  & M. Hartley. (Eds.), To serve a larger purpose: Engagement for democracy and the transformation of higher education (pp. 14-26). Temple University Press. Link Here
  • Taylor, Jr., H., Luter, D., & Miller, C. (2018). The university, neighborhood revitalization, and civic Engagement: Toward civic engagement 3.0. Societies, 8(4), 106. Link Here
  • Ward, E., Longo, N.V., & Saltmarch, J. (Eds.). (2016). Publicly engagement scholarship: Next-generation engagement and the future of higher education. Stylus. Link Here

II. Community Voices, Community Perspectives, and Community Partnerships

  • Brotzman, K., Deegan, J. & Mack, H. (2014). Community engagement partnership rubric. Office of community engaged learning, teaching, and scholarship. Loyola University New Orleans. Link Here 
  • Clayton, P., Bringle, R.G., Senor, B., Huq, J., & Morrison, M. (2010). Differentiating and assessing relationships in service-learning and civic engagement: Exploitative, transactional, or transformational. Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning, 16 (2), 5-21. Link Here  
  • Creighton, S. (2008). The scholarship of community partner voice. In D. W. Brown and D. Witte (Eds.), Higher education exchange (pp. 12-22). Kettering Foundation. Link Here 
  • Davis, K. L., Kliewer, B. W., & Nicolaides, A. (2017). Power and reciprocity in partnerships: Deliberative civic engagement and transformative learning in community-engaged scholarship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 21(1), 30-54. Link Here 
  • Saltmarsh, J., Hartley, M., & Clayton, P. (2009). Democratic engagement white paper. New England Resource Center for Higher Education. Link Here 
  • Stoecker, R., Hilgendorf, A., & Tryon, E. A. (Eds.). (2009). The unheard voices: Community organizations and service learning. Temple University Press. Link Here 

III. Students as Allies and Colleagues

  • Battistoni, R.M., & Longo, N.V. (2011). Putting students at the center of civic engagement. In J. Saltmarsh, and M. Hartley (Eds.), To serve a larger purpose: Engagement for democracy and the transformation of higher education (pp.199-216). Temple University Press. Link Here 
  • Williams, J. R., Longo, N. V., & Zlotkowski, E. A. (Eds.). (2006). Students as colleagues: Expanding the circle of service-learning leadership. Campus Compact. Link Here 

IV. Community-Engaged Learning:  Fundamentals of Course Design

  • Anderson, K. L., Boyd, M., Ariemma Marin, K., & McNamara, K. (2019). Reimagining service-learning: Deepening the impact of this high-impact practice. Journal of Experiential Education, 42(3), 229-248. Link Here 
  • Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). (n.d.). Civic Engagement VALUE rubric. Link Here 
  • Bonner Foundation (n.d.) High Impact Community Engagement. High impact initiative: Integrating high impact learning and community engagement. Link Here
  • Bringle, R. C., Clayton, P., & Price, M. (2012). Partnerships in service learning and civic engagement. Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, 1(1). Link Here 
  • Hahn, T. W., Hatcher, J. A., Price, M. F., & Studer, M. L. (n.d.). IUPUI taxonomy for service learning courses: Course design centric for institutional assessment and research. Center for Service Learning: Office of Community Engagement. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Link Here 
  • Note: This rubric was designed to help faculty achieve greater depth and quality in their integration of community engaged learning within courses.
  • Musil, C. M. (2015). Civic prompts: Making civic learning routine across the disciplines. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Link Here 
  • Welch, M. (2010). OPERA: A first letter mnemonic and rubric for conceptualising and implementing service learning. Issues in Educational Research, 20(1), 76-82. Link Here 
  • Welch, M., & Plaxton-Moore, S. (2019). The craft of community-engaged teaching and learning: A guide for faculty development. Campus Compact. Link Here 

V. Syllabi and Student Learning Objectives

  • Ballard, S. M., & Elmore, B. (2009). A Labor of Love: Constructing a Service-Learning Syllabus. Journal of Effective Teaching, 9(3), 70-76. Link Here 
  • The Bonner Foundation. (n.d.). Training Education, & Reflection. Link Here 
  • Campus Compact (n.d.). Syllabi Archive. Link Here 
  • Jessen, G., & Brumfield, S. (n.d.). Constructing a service-learning syllabus. American Association of Community Colleges, Community Colleges: Bradford Horizons, and Learn and Service America: Higher Education. Link Here 

VI. Student Reflection and Rubrics/Templates for Reflection:

  • Ahmed, Z., Hutter, L., & Plaut J. (2005/2008). Reflection in higher education service-learning. Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/he_facts/he_reflection/index.php 
  • Note: This fact sheet highlights key principles, identifies useful resources, and suggests reflection activities that can be modified for courses across the curriculum.
  • Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P. H. (2009). Generating, deepening, and documenting learning: The power of critical reflection in applied learning. Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 1(1), 25-48.  https://hdl.handle.net/1805/4579 
  • Bowen, G. (2007). Reflection in service learning. Evaluation/Reflection. 24. Link Here 
  • Note: This article includes Kolb’s experiential learning cycle, learning activities, and Bradley’s (1995) three levels of assessing student reflection in service learning. 
  • Hatcher, J. A., & Bringle, R. G. (1997). Reflection: Bridging the gap between service and learning. College Teaching, 45(4), 153-158. Link Here 
  • Hatcher, J.A., Bringle, R.G., & Muthiah, R. (2004). Designing effective reflection: What matters to service learning? Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 11(1), 38-46.Link Here 
  • University of South Florida (n.d.). Reflection Template: Deal Model for Critical Reflection. Adapted from Ash, Clayton, & Moses (2009). Learning through Critical Reflection: A Tutorial for Service-Learning Students. Raleigh, NC. Link Here 

VII. Community-Based Research

  • Beckman, M., & Long, J. F. (Eds.). (2016). Community-based research: teaching for community impact. Stylus Publishing, LLC. Link Here 
  • Strand, K. J., Cutforth, N., Stoecher, R. Marullo, S. & Donohue P. (2003). Community-based research and higher education: Principles and practices. John Wiley & Sons. Link Here 

VIII. Structures for Community/College Collaboration for Collective Impact

  • Davis, K. L., Kliewer, B. W., & Nicolaides, A. (2017). Power and reciprocity in partnerships: Deliberative civic engagement and transformative learning in community-engaged scholarship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 21(1), 30-54. Link Here 
  • Musil, C. M. (2003). Education for citizenship. Peer Review, (5)3. Link Here 
  • Stoecher, R. (2016). Liberating service learning and the rest of higher education civic engagement. Temple University Press. Link Here 

IX. Assessment

  • Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). (n.d.). Civic Engagement VALUE rubric. Link Here 
  • Gelmon, S. B., Holland, B. A., & Spring, A. (2018). Assessing service-learning and civic engagement: Principles and techniques. Stylus Publishing, LLC. Link Here 
  • University of Central Arkansas. (n.d.). Service Learning Rubric. Link Here