Pew Partnership for Civic Change

Resources-New Directions in Civic Engagement

University Avenue Meets Main Street New Directions in Civic Engagement has four thematic elements representing the most pressing questions surrounding university and community partnerships. Each of those elements is available here in a separate PDF. A fifth PDF includes the publication's introduction, lessons, and endnotes. Section titles and their related chapters are listed below. Click on a section title to download the PDF of that section.
I.	Introduction (100k, PDF)
	Introduction Lessons and Recommendations Endnotes

II.	Engagement through University-Community Partnerships (100k, PDF)
	Key Features of Successful University-Community Partnerships David Wilson A Public Citizen: The Civic Role of an Educational Institution for the Betterment of Society Osvaldo Cardoza and Gustavo Salinas A Partnership that's Making a Difference: The University of Pennsylvania's West Philadelphia Initiatives Judith Rodin

III.	Engagement through Civic Education (129k, PDF)
	Educating for Citizenship in a Diverse and Interdependent Society Nancy Thomas The Role of Higher Education in Preparing Undergraduates for Lives of Civic Responsibility Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Beaumont, and Jason Stephens Brown University and Civic Engagement: A Recent Graduate's Perspective Claiborne Walthall

IV.	New Perspectives on Engagement (113k, PDF)
	The Public Engagement of Theological Education James Waits and Robert Franklin Heavy Lifting: Bridging Main Street and College Avenue Carlyle Ramsey Mutual Benefits that Can Accrue to Universities and Communities from their Interactions with Each Other John Bryant and Miriam West

V.	Is It Working? Three Universities Take On Assessment (101k, PDF)
	Assessment Strategies in Civic Engagement and Higher Education Kathleen Ferraiolo