Summary of Campus Issue Profiles
Types of Service | Academic Work | Education & Training | Capacity Building | Deliberative Democracy
Specific Issue Areas
- After-School Programs
- College Access and Preparation
- Leadership Development
- Life Skills
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention/ Parenting Support
- Youth Service Involvement
- Vocational Training and Job Programs
Types of Service short-term | ongoing school year | summer
One-time and Short-term
- Athletic programs, like Hoop Skills Academy connecting urban youth with basketball coaching
- Service-learning projects in First Year Seminars
- One-time visits with local Youth Centers and shelters
- College tours and visits, such as "Otter Club Day"
- Youth Service and Leadership Summits and Conferences
- Service Days, like Service Saturdays, or other events involving youth programming
Ongoing School Year and Site-based Teams
- Curriculum-based programs in schools (e.g., self-esteem, civic engagement)
- Parental involvement programs
- Athletic programs (e.g., swimming lessons, coaching, camps)
- Mentoring programs focused on youth empowerment, teen pregnancy prevention, and other goals
- Animal therapy programs (horseback riding, Mountain Hopes)
- School success programs with tutoring and other educational elements
Advocacy and Direct Action
- Literacy education ('Reading is Leading')
- Truancy Boards
- Town Hall Meetings and Forums oriented around youth empowerment and development
Summer and Other Service
- Summer Institute for Active Citizenship
- Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools - Internships
- Upward Bound programs
- Summer Camps
Academic Work courses | service-learning | CBR and policy research | departments and institutes
Courses and Programs of Study
- Civic Engagement Minor (youth development focus)
- Cross-disciplinary youth development programs
- Freshmen Experience Courses
- Citizenship & Social Change
- Theme-oriented service-learning courses
Departments and Institutes
- Communications
- Economics
- Education
- Ethnic Studies
- History
- Math
- Music
- Peace Studies
- Physical Education
- Psychology
- Theater
CBR and Service-Learning Projects
- Need specific examples of youth development related CBR and S-L projects
Education & Training forums | workshops | reflection activities
- Some campuses have structured series of discussions, such as 'Learn and Learn' focusing on related issues
- Utilize community partners in this area to create a series of trainings and workshops offered in the community for students and other volunteers
- NPR's This I Believe series has essays that were written by youth and the process can be replicated with youth in other settings
- Other ideas mentioned were:
- Project Serve
- Teaching a framework for understanding poverty
- Teaching the Commons
Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building training | fundraising | resource development
- Some campuses have participated in or helped foster the creation of state-wide consortia or events
- Some campuses have worked to implement policies that also involve youth (students) in the college's functioning and decision-making, such as through roles on boards
- Some campuses have created workshops on capacity building topics, such as fundraising, grant writing, and organizational development, for non-profit agencies and their staff
- Some campuses have created and implemented fundraising campaigns for youth and/or involving community youth (Penny Wars, Coin Wars, Habitat for Humanity Fashion Shows, etc.)
Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy evaluations | policy research | issue forums | advocacy
- The National Issues Forum model can be used to plan and implement campus and/or community deliberative democracy forums; they offer relevant topic guides such as under the topic Children and Families
- University of New Mexico has a unique model for educating youth to play roles with creating and advocating for policies on the state level - Civic Engagement Corps
- Stetson University has a good model for youth empowerment started with the CAUSE organization
Contacts staff | faculty | students | community partners (local, regional, national)
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