National Campus Compact, along with the the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), Education Commission of the States (ECS), and Generation Citizen – are launching an initiative to advance civic learning and student success across the education continuum.
The project is designed to support local education partnerships through an Action Summit and complementary learning communities. A key feature of the initiative is its team-based approach.
Building on the State Civic Education Policy Framework developed by ECS and the Action Civics curriculum of Generation Citizen, the consortium will bring together teams representing cities or regions to develop a collaborative approach for civic learning across all levels of education. Teams will include representatives from colleges or universities, K-12 systems or schools, and other appropriate local entities, such as local governments, local philanthropies, and youth-serving organizations. The central purpose of the partnerships is to make experiential civic learning an expected part of students’ education throughout school and college.
To support these efforts in communities across the country, Campus Compact and its partners will hold an Action Summit on November 18, 2015 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
The organizers are also offering mini-grants to support travel and lodging expenses for participating teams. Mini-grant requests are due by September 30 to national Campus Compact.
For more information, review the complete “Call for Participation,” which includes instructions to apply for Summit travel mini-grants.