Criterion 1: 任务
核心部件1.C reads, “The institution provides opportunities for civic engagement in a diverse,
multicultural society and globally connected world, as appropriate within its mission
and for the constituencies it serves.”
As part of this criterion, institutions must provide evidence showing criteria for
accreditation are being met (http://download.hlcommission.org/ProvidingEvidence2020_INF.pdf).
For some of these activities, like courses in student teaching, practicum, and internship,
we may know the specific counts of students or who were from the community. 在其他
cases, such as an open community program or speaker addressing Diversity and Equity,
we will not be able to generate concrete numbers that we can assign. 在所有情况下
provide reasonable 估计 of the participant numbers (澳门足球博彩官方网址 and Community). 再一次。
the expectation here is not to do a lot of work to clarify counts beyond reasonable
估计. You can also group things together in a reasonable/rational (to you) manner.
Grouping your 10 internship students into one event reporting is fine. 任何理性
groupings that make the process easier and that reduce your time is fine.
Lastly, some of the Civic Engagement activities that are required, such as student
teaching or a practicum, may already include an assessment of the student’s interaction
or service to the community that can serve as a measure of the civic engagement 活动’s
成功或影响. If your 活动 does so, please indicate that such an assessment
发生. We will use this information to perhaps reach out as needed to collect
a work sample or two to assist in meeting our accreditation requirements.
示例1: Class with 25 students in 3 sections Field Work like Student Teaching, Nursing placements,
等.
- Term Fall 2023 we had 20 学生 providing [educational, nursing] services to [children,
community members in [placement]. They worked with 125 community members. 有
a formal assessment of impact of this class’s activities on the [classroom, patients].
示例2: Term Fall 2023 we had 3 students assist with Meals on Wheels delivering 45 meals
to community members over the term. 有 no form assessment of impact of this
活动.
Civic Engagement Definitions/例子:
Civic Engagement in this context is defined as activities where our students, faculty,
or staff are providing a service to the non-campus community or Vincennes University
(澳门足球博彩官方网址) is sponsoring civic engagement activities for either the campus community or
the non-campus community. There are several types, which are loosely described by
the following three (3) categories:
- Academic Requirement: These are principally placements in off-campus environments such as internships with
a businesses or industry, student teaching, clinical placements, 等. 这些正式的
academic experiences are typically evaluated, and the evaluations regarding the impact
on the community can be obtained.
- Co-curricular Experiences: These are generally University organized and sanctioned events that involved students
working within the community. These might be organized by programs, such as 住房
or Multi-Cultural Affairs, or organized by students, such as student clubs. 例子
might be the Pet Port Food Drive, a community clean-up, or a blood drive. 这些可能
or may not be assessed.
- Other Civic Engagement Experiences: These are University sponsored experiences that engage University personnel, and
possibly students, with either the campus or non-campus community such as University
diversity and inclusion activities, a speaker series open to the community, or Meals
on Wheels, Sandy's Pantry, or Toys for Tots. These are generally not assessed.
