U.S. colleges and universities must ensure that college degrees reflect a high level of student achievement and commit to publicly reporting evidence of student learning.  Read more...

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has released new information about the application process for the 2015 Elective Community Engagement Classification. Visit the Carnegie website for more details.Read more...

NERCHE is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty.  Application deadline:  Friday, April 27, 2012.  Click here to proceed to the Call for Nominations.

Founded in 1999 by the late Frank Newman, The Futures Project was guided by an overarching objective:  To engage key constituencies—including students and their parents, university administrators andRead more...

Doris Hamner joins NERCHE as a Visiting Scholar focusing on assisting with grant writing and events planning. In addition to her work at NERCHE, she currently uses her skills as an entrepreneur and collaborator to manage her own business.  As an event coordinator she leads charity events for non-profit businesses to raise funds and to build community awareness.
At the Institute for Community Inclusion at University of Massachusetts, Boston, Doris was a Research Associate and Principal Investigator.  In a project focused on people with disabilities and health issues she collaborated with advisory boards, stakeholders and several social service agencies to meet the goals of a National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research grant. As the Principal Investigator she obtained buy-in from social service agencies, community based organizations and research participants to meet the goals of the grant.

"Global Citizenship and the University"
Advancing Social Life and Relations in an Interdependent World

by Robert A. Rhoads (University of California, Los Angeles)
and Katalin Szelényi (University of Massachusetts Boston)

With the increasing integration of global economies and societies, the nation-state is no longer the sole force shaping and defining citizenship. New ideas of "global citizenship" are emerging, and universities, which are increasingly involved in international engagements, provide a unique opportunity to explore how fundamental understandings of modern citizenship are changing.