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Eligibility

In addition, to be eligible for participation in this initiative, institutions must have the following in place:

• A multi-year (3+ year) intensive, developmental community engagement program (i.e., a Bonner Scholar Program, Leader Program, service-based scholarship or fellowship, or an academic program with a significant co-curricular developmental component)
• At least one high-impact practice already in place or in development at this time, with support from the institution’s academic leadership
• Desire to integrate high-impact practices with community engagement in ways that will raise student and faculty engagement in community and public policy issues to a level that can support public policy and program model research on behalf of the non-profit community.

Benefits 

Campuses that participate in th Bonner High-Impact Initiative will benefit in tangible ways, including by:

• Learning and applying the best models of high impact educational practices and high-impact community engagement;
• Learning and applying assessment and strategic planning tools developed by the Bonner Foundation and other national leaders over the past 25 years; 
• The development and support of a cohort-based, strategic approach led by a campus-wide strategic leadership team who is capable of taking civic engagement at your institution to a national level;
• Exposure to a national network of civic and educational leaders including AAC&U, Bringing Theory to Practice, New England Resource Center for Higher Education, and others;
• A clear articulation of the significance of your institution’s community impact (beyond the counting of students involved and service hours); and
• A leadership role in a national initiative that will help move campus-community partnerships to the next level

Eligibility 

The Bonner Foundation is coordinating this initiative.  The Bonner Foundation staff and consultants, including Ariane Hoy, Bobby Hackett, and Mathew Johnson, will provide ongoing consultation to campuses involved, which may include phone conversation, campus visits, resource development, assessment, and strategic planning.

The Foundation has been actively worked with staff from the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Bringing Theory to Practice, New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE, which also oversees the Carnegie Classification in Community Engagement), and others.  Staff from these and other organizations serve as coaches and presenters at the Summer Institute.  Many have also visited the campuses involved to do additional consultation around structural changes, links to accreditation review, and other projects.

Participating schools have access to a variety of community engagement assessment tools, including:

• The National Assessment of Service and Civic Engagement (NASCE)
• The Bonner Student Impact Survey (which will be reinvented in 2015)
• Integrating measures from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
• Association of American Colleges and Universities VALUE Rubrics 

Completion of some of these assessments will be built into the initiative.  See the program commitment requirements (next page). This data will inform key strategic visioning and decision-making for the campus’s long-range plans for high-impact practices and high-impact engagement.

Participation Commitments

We are requesting the following commitments from participating schools to help ensure a high level of participation and support needed to make the initiative a success:

• The President supports the institution’s participation and recognizes the work of the team.
• The institution thoughtfully assembles a leadership team, with consideration for 2-3 issue areas in which it has the most potential for deepening community engagement and impact.
• The institution learns about and creates a plan to integrate high-impact practices with their Bonner Program and other campus initiatives.
• The institution participates in strategic thinking and data collection (student involvement, faculty engagement, and community capacity building) that are developed for this initiative.
• The institution makes a multi-year (ideally three-year) commitment to supporting the team’s attendance and participation (note: we realize that some individuals may change but aim to ensure some consistency by teams). As part of this, the institution commits to funding for three years, creatively using available Bonner and other funds.

Like all Bonner initiatives, this one will be managed in a collaborative process, in which we learn from the experience and example of campuses within and beyond our network.