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Recommend the establishment of an advisory panel for community
engagement.
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Five years: Re-administer the survey and conduct another round of focus groups,
with significant positive changes expected on key dimensions.
⢠Community Partnerships
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Two years:
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In consultation with all appropriate units
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, establish the range of measure-
ment variables to be used to assess the impact and effectiveness of key
partnerships and activities that serve the local, regional, national, and global
communities.
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Design and administer an assessment of community impact and effectiveness
on the measurement variables identified to establish baseline levels of impact
and effectiveness.
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Five years: Re-administer the assessment with significant positive changes
expected on key dimensions.
⢠Infrastructure
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Two years: Establish an infrastructure to oversee, support and sustain Community
Engagement (CE) and other high impact practices.
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Five years: Using the High Impact Database:
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Track the increase in faculty and student participation in community-based
research and other community-based projects.
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Monitor the number and variety of effective community partnerships.
⢠External Resources (grants/contracts/foundation/private gifts, etc.)
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Two years:
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Establish the baseline level of externally funded projects with a focus on
Community Engagement.
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Institutional Advancement and Academic Affairs, with input from other
divisions, will create development plans inclusive of efforts specifically
targeted toward Community Engagement.
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Five years:
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Amount of external funding focused on Community Engagement will increase
by 50%.
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Achieve Institutional Advancement goals including those related to Community
Engagement.
⢠Visibility/Reputation
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Two years:
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Develop and begin implementation of a plan to achieve Carnegie Foundation
Community Engagement Classification.
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Develop a program of recognizing excellence in community engagement via
campus-wide awards and/or celebrations.
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Develop a marketing plan to highlight Community Engagement as an
institutional priority.
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In consultation with other units, Public Affairs will develop goals related to
Community Engagement.
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For example, centers and institutes like the Edmund G. âPatâ Brown Institute for Public Affairs.
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