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Daemen College Receives 2008 Community Engagement Classification
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected 119 U.S. colleges and universities for its 2008 Community Engagement Classification. Daemen College was one of six institutions in New York State to receive this elective classification.
In order to be selected, institutions had to complete an extensive application documenting practices of community engagement and showing alignment among mission, culture, leadership, resources, and practices.
Daemen's application documented both Curricular Engagement describing teaching, learning and scholarship which engage faculty, students and community in mutually beneficial and respectful collaboration, and Outreach and Partnerships describing two different but related approaches to community engagement: one focusing on the application of institutional resources for community use with benefits to campus and community; the second focusing on collaborative interactions with communities and related scholarship.
"We hope that by acknowledging the commitment and accomplishment of these engaged institutions, the Foundation will encourage other colleges and universities to move in this direction. Doing so brings significant benefits to the community and to the institution," said Carnegie President Anthony S. Bryk.
"Daemen College is pleased to be among these six colleges and universities in New York State who are being recognized for the depth and commitment of their community service programs," said Daemen President Dr. Martin J. Anisman. "Today, community service not only remains at the core of a Daemen College education, but this concept -- now known as service learning -- is central to the curriculum at colleges and universities across the U.S. Service learning takes students outside of the classroom, providing an invaluable educational experience that goes beyond volunteering, connecting students to the community by integrating academic curriculum with active participation. We believe the return to students from participation in service learning projects is rich and varied."
The Carnegie Foundation, through the work of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, developed the first typology of American colleges and universities in 1970 as a research tool to describe and represent the diversity of U.S. higher education. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education continues to be used for a wide range of purposes by academic researchers, institutional personnel, policymakers and others. About the 2008 Community Engagement Classification