Community-Engaged Signature Work

Posted by Association of American Colleges and Universities on November 21, 2016

Diversity & Democracy, Fall 2016, Vol. 19, No. 4

Community-Engaged Signature Work

In signature work, through integrative projects lasting at least one semester, students pursue questions that matter both to themselves and to society. This issue of Diversity & Democracy, produced in partnership with the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, explores what it means for students to explicitly and intentionally reflect and act on their roles within a community through their signature work.

From the Editor
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/editor

Community-Engaged Signature Work
High-Impact Learning for Self and Society: Community-Engaged Signature Work
Ariane Hoy, Bonner Foundation, and Kathy Wolfe, Association of American Colleges and Universities and Nebraska Wesleyan University
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/hoy

Presidential Leadership for Community-Engaged Signature Work
Robert Hackett, Bonner Foundation
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/hackett

Building Momentum for Community Engagement: From Structural to Cultural Change
Dave Roncolato and Ron Cole—both of Allegheny College
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/roncolato

Research and Assessment
Engaging Assessment: Applying Civic Values to Evaluation
Terry Dolson, Bryan Figura, and Sylvia Gale—all of the University of Richmond
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/dolson

Community-Engaged Signature Work: How a High-Impact Practice May Support Student Well-Being
Ashley Finley, Dominican University of California, and Robert Reason, Iowa State University
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/finley

Campus Practice
Ringing True: Applied Civic Learning at Emory & Henry College
Talmage A. Stanley, Emory & Henry College
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/stanley

Signature Work in Action: Senior Capstones Prepare Students for Unscripted Challenges
Deborah Smith Arthur and Seanna Kerrigan—both of Portland State University
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/arthur

The Community Narrative Research Project: Harnessing the Power of Reflection for Student Learning and Structural Change
Shannon Hoffman, Natasha Main, Anna Manoogian, Dani Plata, Elizabeth Thomas, and Marsha Walton—all of Rhodes College
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/hoffman

Building Civic Capacities: Engaging Adult Students in Community Problem-Solving and Critical Reflection Online
Susan C. Reed, DePaul University
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/reed

Perspectives
Connecting My Academic Studies with Community Practice
Katie Beck, Allegheny College
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/beck

Discovering the Change Agent in Me
Jonathan Franklin, Wofford College
http://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2016/fall/franklin