Shared Goals:
Partners align on mission, values, and measurable outcomes.
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What is Community Engaged Learning?
Community Engaged Learning (CEL) integrates academic coursework with community needs, facilitating partnerships that enhance both educational outcomes and community well-being. This approach involves collaboration between students, faculty, and community partners to address real-world challenges through practical, impactful projects.
Why Community Engaged Learning?
Benefits of Community-Campus Partnerships
By collaborating with academic institutions, community organizations can leverage the creativity, skills, and energy of students and faculty to address complex community issues effectively.
Community partners gain access to university resources, including expert knowledge and research capabilities, which can help strengthen their operations and expand their impact.
CEL fosters long-term relationships that go beyond one-off projects, leading to sustained impact and ongoing collaboration.
Both students and community organizations benefit from the exchange of ideas, learning from each other’s experiences and expertise.
Principles of Successful Community-Campus Partnerships
Mutual Respect:
Trust, respect, and commitment are foundational to the partnership.
Balanced Power:
Power is equitably distributed, with all partners contributing resources and sharing control.
Open Communication:
Clear, open channels of communication ensure that all voices are heard, and terms are mutually understood.
Constructive Feedback:
Continuous feedback helps improve partnership outcomes.
Shared Credit:
Achievements are celebrated as collective successes.
New Community Engaged Learning Partners
Transition to Community Engaged Learning
We are transitioning from Service Learning to Community Engaged Learning (CEL) to more accurately reflect the reciprocal and integrative nature of our partnerships. This shift emphasizes:
- Deeper Integration: Bridging academic goals with community priorities to create mutually beneficial outcomes.
- Sustainable Impact: Focusing on long-term engagement rather than short-term projects.
Becoming a Community Engaged Learning Partner
Interested in partnering with us? If you have a project idea or need assistance from our students and faculty, we encourage you to reach out. We’re looking for community partners who are committed to collaborative, impactful work.
Connect with Us
For more information or assistance, please contact: Nora Bashir, Community Engaged Learning Program Manager
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