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"A model that incorporates community engagement into the very mission of a college serves at least four purposes. First, of course, it provides much needed assistance to the local community." "A second goal of the community engagement model is to integrate theory and practice, to connect the academic with the real world." "A third purpose or goal of civic engagement is to enable students to reflect on the structural causes of the problems they see in society and to begin thinking about ways to remedy those structural matters". "Through integration of service and learning, students are instilled with a sense of civic responsibility that allows them to become engaged citizens in their years after college."

"Des étudiants de l'École des sciences de la gestion ont remis à deux organismes des plans de communication marketing intégrés."

"Community engagement has been growing in popularity at colleges and universities across the U.S., and for good reason. Sometimes called community-based learning, community engagement can be a powerful experience for students-one that deepens their classroom learning and builds problem-solving skills in a real-world context."

20 Presidents of Irish Higher Education Institutions sign up to a national charter to underscore their commitment to the civic and community engagement role and responsibilities of their institutions.

"With civic engagement activities, it is a critical that the activity be contextualised, so it is by definition going to look different as it will reflect the country or community where you are working," says Sharon Bell, deputy vice-chancellor of Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Australia. "But there are generic principles - those of commitment, longevity, mutual respect and two-way transfer and these are the same regardless of context."

There are six illustrative forms of such engagement between the university and the community: Linking learnnig with community service; Linking research with community knowledge; Knowledge sharing & knowledge mobilization; Devising new curriculum & courses; Including practitioners as teachers; Social innovation by students UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education

Campus Engage are launching a new capacity building service, The Participate Programme. The Programme offers staff and community-based organisations a selection of capacity building workshops that will give attendees the tools to incorporate community-based research and learning into their curriculum and work plans.

"In 1915 it was written in Mexico's constitution that every university graduate should provide a social service to the country, and community service before graduation has been mandatory since 1945"

The SFU Semester in Dialogue is a one-semester, full-time program designed to inspire students with a sense of civic responsibility and encourage their passion for improving society. Each semester the program offers an original, interdisciplinary experience that bridges the classroom with the community and creates space for students to reflect on what they are doing and why it matters.

"Travailler auprès des sans-abri est maintenant un passage obligé pour les étudiants de l'École d'optométrie de l'Université de Montréal"