Faculty - Resources

We can help you connect to research, best practices and campus colleagues in the fields of service-learning, engaged scholarship, civic engagement and community-based participatory research (CBPR). See below for places to start, and contact Suzan Akin if you have specific requests.

Resources:

• Handbook for Designing Community-Based Courses: A guide to developing community-based courses created by Cal Corps Public Service Center and geared toward the UC Berkeley campus.
   
• Experiential Learning Guidelines: UC Berkeley's campus guidelines for credit-bearing experiential learning activities.
   
• Bay Area Service-Learning Network: A network of faculty and staff at local higher education institutions who meet 2-3 times per year to discuss issues relevant to the field. Contact Suzan Akin if you would like to be added to the listserv.
   
• Campus Compact: A national coalition of over 1100 college and university presidents who are "committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education." Offers resources to support and promote community-based work, including training, consultation, funding, recognition, and more.
   
• Community-Based Participatory Action Research Network: A network of Cal faculty who utilize CBPAR as their main research method. Contact Suzan Akin for more information.
   
• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health: A community-partnerships organization with many resources for course, research and partnership development that can be applied across all disciplines; also has resources for publishing and funding.
   
• Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life: A consortium of institutions and their partners which focuses on the role of the arts and humanities in taking action to improve communities.
   
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: Supports the service-learning community by providing resources, readings, sample syllabi, discussion lists and much more for higher education and K-12 institutions.
   
• TRUCEN: The Research University Civic Engagement Network is a collaborative of Research 1 institutions exploring the unique roles and responsibilities of research institutions in community engagement. In particular, note the "New Times Demand New Scholarship" report.
   
• Center for Teaching and Learning Grants: CTL offers grants that support course development. These grants may be helpful in doing the initial preparation and/or implementation of a community-based course.