Organizations

Campus Compact

A national organization of over 1000 colleges and universities committed to the public purpose of higher education. Visit Campus Compact online. 

The Research University Community Engagement Network (TRUCEN)

A national organization that seeks to advance civic engagement and engaged scholarship at research universities.  Visit TRUCEN online.  

Engagement Scholarship Consortium

Working collaboratively to build strong university-community partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship, and designed to help build community capacity. Visit the consortium online. 

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)

APLU is a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.  The association’s membership consists of 242 public research universities, land-grant institutions, state university systems, and affiliated organizations.

National Alliance for Broader Impacts

The National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI) is a international network of individuals and organizations working together to build institutional capacity, advance BI, and demonstrate the societal benefits of research. 

The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE)

The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) is an international non-profit organization devoted to promoting research and discussion about service-learning and community engagement. The IARSLCE was launched in 2005, and incorporated in 2007.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes health equity and social justice through partnerships between communities and academic institutions. 

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life

The Imagining America consortium (IA) brings together scholars, artists, designers, humanists, and organizers to imagine, study, and enact a more just and liberatory ‘America’ and world. Working across institutional, disciplinary, and community divides, IA strengthens and promotes public scholarship, cultural organizing, and campus change that inspires collective imagination, knowledge-making, and civic action on pressing public issues.