OVERVIEW
A major strand of my research on service-learning in higher education found that there is a shallow institutionalization of community engagement; a notion of service-learning as “a mile wide and an inch deep,” or what I have termed an “engagement ceiling.” My research has thus focused on ways to institutionalize service-learning in powerful and sustainable ways, with academic programs – such as certificates, minors, and majors – at the heart of this vision for the deep institutionalization of civic and community engagement in higher education. These programs demonstrate that there are conceptually rigorous and practically feasible means by which to create sustained, sequential, and scaffolded academic programs that support students’ habits of mind and repertoires of action towards becoming thoughtful and engaged citizens within a complex and pluralistic democracy. The following academic work provides some of the key texts that serve as an impetus, synthesis, and elaboration on this research. Please see my CV or Academia.edu page for a full listing of my academic research, talks, workshops, and general audience writings on this issue.
- Dan Butin. 2006. “The Limits of Service-Learning in Higher Education”, The Review of Higher Education, 29(4). Pp. 473-498.
- Dan Butin. 2006. “Disciplining Service-Learning: Institutionalization and the Case for Community Studies”, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 18(1). Pp. 57-64.
- Dan Butin. 2010. Service-Learning in Theory and Practice: The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education. NY: Palgrave.
- Dan Butin. 2010. “Can I Major in Service-Learning? An Empirical Analysis of Majors, Minors, and Certificates”, Journal of College and Character, 11(2). Pp. 1-19.
- Dan Butin. 2012. “When Engagement is Not Enough: Building the Next Generation of the Engaged Campus.” In D. Butin and S. Seider (editors) The Engaged Campus: Majors, Minors and Certificates as the New Community Engagement. Pp. 1-14. NY: Palgrave.
MAJORS
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE: Community and Justice Studies
BRYANT UNIVERSITY: Sociology (Service Learning Concentration)
COVENANT COLLEGE: Economics and Community Development
EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE: Civic Innovation
GUILFORD COLLEGE: Community and Justice Studies
MIAMI UNIVERSITY: Social Justice Studies
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: Community, Environment, and Development
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: Community Development
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE: Public and Community Service Studies
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: Urban Studies & Community Development
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY: Public Service
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: Citizenship & Civic Engagement
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: Human Development & Community Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE: Community Studies and Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE: Nonprofit Management and Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—DAVIS: Community and Regional Development
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—IRVINE: Social Policy & Public Service
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO—BOULDER: Leadership & Community Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: Urban and Community Studies
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY: Community & Leadership Development
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE—MACHIAS: Psychology and Community Studies
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS—BOSTON: Community Development
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS—AUSTIN: Youth and Community Studies
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—MILWAUKEE: Community Engagement & Education
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: Youth and Community Developmen
BRYANT UNIVERSITY: Sociology (Service Learning Concentration)
COVENANT COLLEGE: Economics and Community Development
EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE: Civic Innovation
GUILFORD COLLEGE: Community and Justice Studies
MIAMI UNIVERSITY: Social Justice Studies
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: Community, Environment, and Development
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: Community Development
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE: Public and Community Service Studies
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: Urban Studies & Community Development
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY: Public Service
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: Citizenship & Civic Engagement
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: Human Development & Community Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE: Community Studies and Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE: Nonprofit Management and Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—DAVIS: Community and Regional Development
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—IRVINE: Social Policy & Public Service
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO—BOULDER: Leadership & Community Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: Urban and Community Studies
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY: Community & Leadership Development
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE—MACHIAS: Psychology and Community Studies
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS—BOSTON: Community Development
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS—AUSTIN: Youth and Community Studies
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—MILWAUKEE: Community Engagement & Education
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: Youth and Community Developmen
MINORS
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE: Community Service Learning
AUBURN UNIVERSITY: Community and Civic Engagement
CABRINI COLLEGE: Social Justice
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY—MONTEREY BAY: Service Learning Leadership
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: Humanitarian Engineering
CONCORD UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: Community-Service Studies
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: Social Justice & Civic Engagement
EMORY UNIVERSITY: Community Building and Social Change
GUILFORD COLLEGE: Community Studies
HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: Social Justice Studies
HOWARD UNIVERSITY: Community Development
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement and Responsibility
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: International and Community Development
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Leaders & Leadership (part of the Political and Civic Engagement program)
MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: Leadership Studies (with emphasis on Community and Social Change)
MERCER UNIVERSITY: Ethics, Leadership, and Service
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY—TWIN CITIES: Civic Engagement
MIAMI UNIVERSITY: Community-based Leadership
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: Leadership Development through Civic Engagement
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: Community Development
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY—BRANDY WINE: Civic and Community Engagement
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: Civic Leadership
TUSCULUM COLLEGE: Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—LOS ANGELES (UCLA): Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS—URBANA-CHAMPAIGN: Political and Civil Leadership;
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS: Civic Engagement and Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS—DARTMOUTH: Leadership and Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Community Action and Social Change
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: Leadership and Public Service
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA—LAS VEGAS: Leadership and Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC: Civic Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO: Public Service and Community Engagement
WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: Service Leadership
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY: Citizenship and Social justice
WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement & Transformation
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE: Community Studies
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY: Youth and Community Engagemen
AUBURN UNIVERSITY: Community and Civic Engagement
CABRINI COLLEGE: Social Justice
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY—MONTEREY BAY: Service Learning Leadership
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: Humanitarian Engineering
CONCORD UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: Community-Service Studies
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: Social Justice & Civic Engagement
EMORY UNIVERSITY: Community Building and Social Change
GUILFORD COLLEGE: Community Studies
HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: Social Justice Studies
HOWARD UNIVERSITY: Community Development
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement and Responsibility
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: International and Community Development
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Leaders & Leadership (part of the Political and Civic Engagement program)
MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: Leadership Studies (with emphasis on Community and Social Change)
MERCER UNIVERSITY: Ethics, Leadership, and Service
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY—TWIN CITIES: Civic Engagement
MIAMI UNIVERSITY: Community-based Leadership
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: Leadership Development through Civic Engagement
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY: Community Development
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY—BRANDY WINE: Civic and Community Engagement
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: Civic Leadership
TUSCULUM COLLEGE: Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—LOS ANGELES (UCLA): Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS—URBANA-CHAMPAIGN: Political and Civil Leadership;
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS: Civic Engagement and Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS—DARTMOUTH: Leadership and Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Community Action and Social Change
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: Leadership and Public Service
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA—LAS VEGAS: Leadership and Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC: Civic Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO: Public Service and Community Engagement
WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: Service Leadership
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY: Citizenship and Social justice
WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement & Transformation
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE: Community Studies
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY: Youth and Community Engagemen
CERTIFICATES (UNDERGRADUATE)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: Civic Engagement
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY: Service-Learning
BUTTE COLLEGE: Leadership and Civic Engagement
CASTLETON UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE: Community Action
CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Engaged Leadership
DE ANZA COLLEGE: Leadership and Social Change
DREXEL UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
DRURY UNIVERSITY: Community Outreach & Leadership Development
DUKE UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement & Social Change
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: Community and Civic Engagement
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Political and Civic Engagement
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: Social Practice
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY: Diversity and Community Engagement
MADONNA UNIVERSITY: Community Leadership
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: Engineering and Community Engagement
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: Civic Responsibility
RICE UNIVERSITY: Civic Leadership
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—CAMDEN: Civic Scholar Program
STETSON UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement
SUNY—GENESEO: Civic and Community Engagement
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: Theater and Community Engagement
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: Civic and Global Leadership
UMASS AMHERST: Civic Engagement & Public Service
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA – ANCHORAGE: Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO—DENVER: Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: Leadership and Service
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: Service Learning
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA—LINCOLN: Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON – TACOMA: Community Engaged Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MILWAUKEE: Community Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – PARKSIDE: Community Engagement
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: Engaged Scholars
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY: Engaged Citizenship Studies
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY: Service-Learning
BUTTE COLLEGE: Leadership and Civic Engagement
CASTLETON UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE: Community Action
CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Engaged Leadership
DE ANZA COLLEGE: Leadership and Social Change
DREXEL UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
DRURY UNIVERSITY: Community Outreach & Leadership Development
DUKE UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement & Social Change
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: Community and Civic Engagement
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Political and Civic Engagement
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: Social Practice
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY: Diversity and Community Engagement
MADONNA UNIVERSITY: Community Leadership
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: Engineering and Community Engagement
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: Civic Responsibility
RICE UNIVERSITY: Civic Leadership
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—CAMDEN: Civic Scholar Program
STETSON UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement
SUNY—GENESEO: Civic and Community Engagement
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: Theater and Community Engagement
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: Civic and Global Leadership
UMASS AMHERST: Civic Engagement & Public Service
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA – ANCHORAGE: Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO—DENVER: Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: Leadership and Service
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: Service Learning
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA—LINCOLN: Civic Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON – TACOMA: Community Engaged Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MILWAUKEE: Community Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – PARKSIDE: Community Engagement
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: Engaged Scholars
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY: Engaged Citizenship Studies
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
CLARK UNIVERSITY: M.A. in Community Development & Planning
CLARK UNIVERSITY: M.A. in International Development and Social Change
CROWN COLLEGE: M.A. in Global Leadership, Community Development Concentration (online)
EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE: M.A. in Community & Organizational Leadership
MERRIMACK COLLEGE: M.Ed. in Community Engagement
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY: MBA in Community Economic Development (online)
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS—URBANA-CHAMPAIGN: MA in Political Science, Civic Leadership Concentration
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS—BOSTON: M.S. in Urban Planning and Community Development
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, PEABODY COLLEGE: M.Ed. in Community Development & Action
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY: M.A. in Social Responsibility & Sustainable Communities (online)
YORK UNIVERSITY (Canada): M.Ed. in Leadership and Community Engagement
CLARK UNIVERSITY: M.A. in International Development and Social Change
CROWN COLLEGE: M.A. in Global Leadership, Community Development Concentration (online)
EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE: M.A. in Community & Organizational Leadership
MERRIMACK COLLEGE: M.Ed. in Community Engagement
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY: MBA in Community Economic Development (online)
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS—URBANA-CHAMPAIGN: MA in Political Science, Civic Leadership Concentration
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS—BOSTON: M.S. in Urban Planning and Community Development
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, PEABODY COLLEGE: M.Ed. in Community Development & Action
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY: M.A. in Social Responsibility & Sustainable Communities (online)
YORK UNIVERSITY (Canada): M.Ed. in Leadership and Community Engagement
DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: PhD in International Family and Community Studies
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: PhD in Human Development and Public Policy
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: PhD in Psychology and Social Intervention
POINT PARK UNIVERSITY: PhD in Community Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—SANTA CRUZ: PhD in Social Psychology with a Social Justice Focus
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—MADISON: PhD in Human Ecology, with concentration in Civil Society & Community Research
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: PhD in Community Research and Action
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: PhD in Human Development and Public Policy
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: PhD in Psychology and Social Intervention
POINT PARK UNIVERSITY: PhD in Community Engagement
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—SANTA CRUZ: PhD in Social Psychology with a Social Justice Focus
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—MADISON: PhD in Human Ecology, with concentration in Civil Society & Community Research
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: PhD in Community Research and Action
CERTIFICATES (GRADUATE and DOCTORAL)
FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY: Civic Engagement
JOHNS HOPKINS: Community-Based Public Health
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: Advanced Public Engagement for Local Government
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: Service-Learning and Community-Based Learning in Postsecondary Education
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Civic Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO – DENVER: Public, Non-Profit and Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: Nonprofit & Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE: Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: Community Engagement and Public Scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Civic Engagement
JOHNS HOPKINS: Community-Based Public Health
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: Dialogue, Deliberation and Public Engagement
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: Community Engagement
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: Advanced Public Engagement for Local Government
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: Service-Learning and Community-Based Learning in Postsecondary Education
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Civic Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO – DENVER: Public, Non-Profit and Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: Nonprofit & Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE: Community Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: Community Engagement and Public Scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Civic Engagement
OTHER PROGRAMS
BOSTON UNIVERSITY: PULSE Program for Service-Learning (Core Curriculum)
CABRINI UNIVERSITY: Engagements With The Common Good (strand within the Core Curriculum)
CABRINI UNIVERSITY: Engagements With The Common Good (strand within the Core Curriculum)
CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW
Below are two slides that I use to talk about the context -- conceptual, pedagogical, and organizational -- for the role of academic programs in institutionalizing community engagement in higher education.
