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In recent years, increasing numbers of colleges and universities have engaged in innovative efforts to reinvigorate and prioritize civic engagement and involvement in their surrounding communities. Recognizing research universities’ potential to provide leadership on this issue, Campus Compact and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University created The Research University Civic Engagement Network (TRUCEN).
A select number of universities were invited to join TRUCEN including the University of Oklahoma. Members had to be existing Campus Compact members and designated ” very high research universities,” by the Carnegie Classification. Members also had to be committed to strengthening and advancing civic and community engagement at research universities.
TRUCEN’s goal is to share existing reserach, collaborate on new research projects, provide resources, gathering national data on community engagement. The group meets on an annual basis to continue exploring ways to advance civic and community engagement among research universities and other institutions of higher education and to generate additional models and resources to support this effort.
For more information, please visit TRUCEN on Campus Compact.
TRUCEN Resources:
New Times Demand New Scholarship
The statement, endorsed by the entire group, argues that research universities’ exceptional faculty, students, financial resources, and research facilities position them to contribute to community change relatively quickly and in ways that will ensure deeper and longer-lasting commitment to civic engagement across higher education.
New Times Demand New Scholarship II: Research Universities and Civic Engagement:
TRUCEN report on four critical areas: 1) engaged scholarship, 2) scholarship focused on civic and community engagement, 3) educating students for civic and community engagement, and 4) advancing civic engagement within and across research universities. Report also includes models from participating research universities.
The Research University Engaged Scholarship Toolkit
An annotated guide to the best information available on engaged scholarship, as well as models, exemplars and original essays.