Civic Engagement

Online and Printed Resources

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

Related Links

• Campus Compact Resource Guide
• Campus Ecology
• Character Clearinghouse
• CIRCLE
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Educators for Community Engagement
• International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership
• Making the Difference
• Maryland Campus Compact
• National Graduation Pledge
• New York Times Knowledge Network
• Spark Action

Online Service-Learning Resources

• Service-Learning Web Resources

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

Civic Engagement
Administration Building, Room 236C

Phone: 410-704-4803
Fax: 410-704-3441
E-mail: nkazanecki@towson.edu

• The Office of Civic Engagement will be accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Service-Learning Faculty Fellows program in January 2012. Find out how you can apply.

	• If you are interested in borrowing one of these books, stop by the Administration Building, Suite 236, email Nicole Kazanecki or call 410-704-4803.