- Earn recognition as a “Community Engaged” university by the Carnegie Foundation
- Track university activities related to community engagement. Examples include:
- # of university-community partnerships
- # of university-community partnerships with high impact that address local, state, regional and national needs (example: MiSTAR)
- # of community-based capstone projects
- # of student service activities
- # of faculty/staff community engagement activities
- Monetary value of student volunteer time
- # of events/symposia or workshops focused on community engagement
- # of community-based learning courses offered
- # of undergraduate courses that offer community engagement component
- Value of philanthropic dollars raised in support of community engagement
- Proportional value of grants and contracts that explicitly have a community engagement component
- # of economic development partnerships
- # of MOU’s signed with other academic institutions
