Collaboratory Annual Virtual Summit: Institutional/Community Impact – Sep 26-29

We invite you to join us for a series of free, public events that are part of Collaboratory’s 2023 Annual Summit, which is broadly focused on IMPACT:

Opening Session: Collaboratory Administrators Discuss Institutional Impact; Tuesday, September 26  |  2:00 – 3:30p ET

Join us for a discussion with panelists from various higher education institutions who will discuss how Collaboratory – and more broadly, community engagement assessment, has shaped (or how it will shape) their institution. From specific types of partnerships to promotion and tenure changes to strategic planning, campuses will share how they approach and think through impact.

Closing Session: Using Institutional Data to Understand the Impacts of Community Engagement Across the Country;Thursday, September 28  |  2:00 – 3:00 ET

Research on the impacts of community engagement in higher education is still in an early stage, particularly when it comes to documenting engagement’s impact beyond the institution. Existing research tends to be qualitative in nature, focused on individual partnerships. There is a pressing need for quantitative and mixed-methods research that looks at outcomes and impacts across partnerships, departments, and institutions. One approach to addressing this gap is using the kind of institutional data on engagement that increasing numbers of colleges and universities are collecting.

In this webinar, scholars will present on a study of community engagement impact using the Collaboratory database, which includes institutional data from almost 50 colleges and universities across the country. The presenters will share initial findings, which contribute to a baseline understanding of the landscape of engagement and its current and potential impacts. Presenters will also discuss the limitations of the study, and the challenges and opportunities of using institutional data to study community engagement.

Student Summit: Considerations for Community Engagement and Engaged Research; Friday, September 29 | 2:00 – 4:00pm ET

This one-day virtual conference, offered in collaboration with Campus Compact and the Graduate Student Network of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, is open to any and all undergraduate and graduate students and early career professionals interested in community engagement and community-engaged research. This virtual conference offers professional development and opportunities to share and collaborate with others.

View the full agenda and register.