St. Edward's Recognized for Service
Learning Commitment
St. Edward's University has been selected by The
Princeton Review and Campus Compact for inclusion
in Colleges with a Conscience: An Engaged Student's
Guide to College. Highlighting socially responsible
colleges and universities, the book is designed to
help high school students incorporate service and
involvement opportunities into their college selection
process and to showcase campuses that have made an
institutional commitment to engagement in their communities.
The guide is expected to hit bookshelves late next
year.
A total of 100 Campus Compact member institutions
from around the country were initially considered
for the book highlighting socially responsible colleges
and universities. St. Edward's is one of only 81 institutions
to make the final cut with a two-page spread in the
new college guide. Schools were nominated based on
five specific areas: 1) schools with engaged student
bodies 2) the institutions which support activism
3) scholarships and admissions practices supportive
of students who do community service, 4) schools that
support service learning, and 5) schools with strong
student voice in governance.
Campus Compact
is a coalition of more than 900 college and university
presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher
education. To support its civic mission, Campus Compact
promotes community service that develops students'
citizenship skills and values, encourages partnerships
between campuses and communities, and assists faculty
who seek to integrate public and community engagement
into their teaching and research. St. Edward's is
a founding member of the Texas
Campus Compact and university President
George E. Martin serves as its chair.
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