Campus Compact
Educating Citizens, Building Communities
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Campus Compact
Campus Compact's work encompasses a broad range of activities designed to increase the effectiveness of those working to make higher education institutions vital agents of civic renewal:
* Training for faculty, staff, students, administrators, and community partners
* Research on effective programs and practices
* Resources, including print and online books, periodicals, models, and tools
* Leadership development for presidents, students, and others
* Capacity building through VISTAs, infrastructure support, and resources
* Advocacy and policy work on issues relating to higher education at the state and national levels
* Grants, funding, and awards for engaged work
* Partnerships with academic, community, business, and government leaders
* Campus consultation to meet specific needs
Where we work
External reviews

Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants attending course/session/workshop
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Includes communities of practice, skill-based workshops, webinars, conference offerings. Note: this year includes the livestreaming of our national conference and 5,000 unique views.
Number of organizations receiving capacity-building services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
K-12 schools and youth-serving organizations building capacity for civic learning, access to college through partnerships with higher education
Number of organizations that increase their efficiency, effectiveness, and/or program reach
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
K-12 schools and youth-serving organizations building capacity for civic learning, access to college through partnerships with higher education
Number of people earning a micro-credential
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A framework for community engagement professionals to grow and achieve in the field in ways that encourage effective, inclusive, and equity-based partnerships and practices.
Number of individuals with improved academic engagement or socio-emotional skills
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
K-12 schools and youth-serving organizations building capacity for civic learning, access to college through partnerships with higher education
Number of people who submit applications to earn a micro-credential.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A framework for community engagement professionals to grow and achieve in the field in ways that encourage effective, inclusive, and equity-based partnerships and practices.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our work seeks to build participatory and democratic communities--a country characterized by full participation in the economy, in society, and in our democracy. This includes public policy shaped by engaged, informed, and equitable participation, widely shared opportunity and prosperity, and equitable participation in social and cultural life.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We support colleges and universities pursue the public purposes of higher education. This includes:
--Building curricular and co-curricular programs to ensure all students are prepared for participation in communities and democracy
--Contributing to substantive partnerships for education, health, community and regional economic development, sustainability
--Integrating practical commitments to equity and justice into the fabric of all institutional programs and partnerships
--Intentionally contributing to efforts that challenge the forces that debilitate communities and democracy--especially polarization and inequality
--Ensuring that all aspects of institutional action--teaching, scholarship, purchasing, admissions, financial aid, human resources, etc.--are aligned in pursuit of public good
--Setting expectations for all members of the university community to contribute actively to these efforts
Our strategic plan sets specific goals through 2025 for building the movement for the public purposes of higher education, mobilizing our membership for change, and building our capacity as stewards for change.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Campus Compact catalyzes change in colleges and universities by bringing people together and enabling them to re-shape their institutions. We build resources to deepen understanding of higher education engagement; convene and connect people to learn from Campus Compact and each other and to strengthen networks for action; make the case to institutional leaders, higher education influencers, and the broader public about the importance of engaged higher education; and support place-based efforts to seize opportunities and meet challenges.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We continuously develop and offer new resources (publications, the CompactNation Podcast, toolkits, knowledge hubs) to support institutional change. We convene people for networking and resource sharing and inspire action through Communities of Practice, conferences, webinars, training, and affinity group work (research universities, community colleges). We offer a Credential for Community Engagement Professionals comprised of micro-credentials related to core competencies such as community partnerships, engaged teaching and learning, equity and inclusion, engaged research, and more. We are happy to share metrics on progress tracked through our organizational dashboard.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
Our student fellows asked for ways to work together on issues directly so we developed new platforms (via Slack) for collaboration and resource exchange.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Campus Compact
Board of directorsas of 12/05/2022
Dr. Mary Grant
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Term: 2011 - 2024
Bill Coppolla
Tarrant County College--Southeast Campus
Cheryl Whaley
Paradox Strategies
Jessica Howard
Chemeketa Community College
Waded Cruzado
Montana State University
Katherine Conway-Turner
SUNY Buffalo State
Jose Padilla
Valparaiso University
Karrie Dixon
Elizabeth City State University
David Potash
Wilbur Wright College-City Colleges of Chicago
Stephanie Fujii
Arapahoe Community College
Antonio Tillis
Rutgers University-Camden
Yolanda Watson Spiva
Complete College America
John Wells
Emory & Henry College
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
No data
Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.