Civic Engagement

Online & Printed Resources

There are many resources available to students, faculty and staff who are interested in civic engagement.

Related Links:

• Making the Difference
• The International Partnership for Service Learning and Leadership
• The New York Times Political Engagement Project
• Campus Ecology
• National Graduation Pledge
• Campus Compact Resource Guide
• CIRCLE
• Character Clearinghouse
• Education for Community Engagement
• Raise Your Voice: Student Action for Change
• The Corporation for National and Community Service

Online Service Learning Resources:

• Service-Learning in the Curriculum
  University of Utah
• Handbook for Service-Learning
  Indiana University Northwest
• Faculty Toolkit for Service-Learning in Higher Education
  National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
• "At A Glance: What We Know about The Effects of Service-Learning on College Students, Faculty, Institutions and Communities"
  
   

Available Printed Resources:

 General Topics

• Educating Citizens; Preparing America’s Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility, Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Beaumont and Jason Stephens
•  Public Work and the Academy; an Academic Administrator’s Guide to Civic Engagement and Service Learning, Mark Langseth and William M. Plater, Editors
• Work and Integrity; the Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America, William M. Sullivan

 Service-Learning

• Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum; A Resource Book for Service-Learning Faculty in All Disciplines, Richard M. Battistoni
• Fundamentals of Service-Learning Course Construction, Kerrissa Heffernan
• Service Learning in Higher Education; Concepts and Practices, Barbara Jacoby and Associates

 Political Engagement

• After the Votes are Counted; a Post-Election Guide to Maintaining College Student Civic Engagement, Campus Compact
• Democracy and Civic Engagement; a Guide for Higher Education, AASCU and the New York Times Knowledge Network
• The New Student Politics: The Wingspread Statement on Student Civic Engagement, Campus Compact

 If you are interested in borrowing one of these books, stop by the Administration Building, Suite 236,
email daccardi@towson.edu or call 410-704-3921