Community Impact
- Public Engagement Impact Report: State of Minnesota (Winter 2020 — Part 1)
- Public Engagement Impact Report: State of Minnesota (Winter 2020 — Part 2)
Community Partners
Faculty Development
- Creating a Community-Engaged Scholarship Faculty Development Program: Phase One Program and Skill Mapping (2012)
- Faculty Scholarship, Development, and Rewards Task Force Final Report (2009)
Graduate Student Scholarship
Metrics
- Public Engagement Metrics Committee Phase I Final Report (2012)
- Accounting and Assessment Task Force Final Report (2009)
Research and Policy
- Sponsored Projects Proposals Indicating an Activity with the Community (2016-2019)
- Report from the Task Force on Community-Based Research (2009)
Student Learning and Engagement
Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) Attribute Reports
Student Civic and Community Engagement at the University of Minnesota: Findings from Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Survey
The following are findings from the Civic and Community Engagement Module of the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) survey, which is administered to undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. For details about University’s participation in the survey, visit seru.umn.edu.
2022 SERU
2022 SERU Executive Summary
The University of Minnesota received responses from 7,962 students in 2022 (~28% response rate). The report is organized according to student responses related to their participation in community service activities, course-based service learning and other community-focused experiences.
Key findings include:
- Participation in Service: Findings demonstrate that approximately 21 percent of survey respondents who answered questions in the service and engagement module participated in community service on campus (n = 1,400) and approximately 38 percent participated off campus (n = 2,561) during the 2021-2022 academic year
- Importance of Opportunities to Engage in Community Service: The majority of students (~83 percent) agree that opportunities to engage in community service are important to them. Additionally 90 percent of students agree that opportunities to connect their academic work to community-based experiences are important to them.
- Involvement in Community Service: Students are most likely to report that the purpose(s) for their involvement in community service include supporting charity and community development projects. Students also commonly report job experience as another motivator.
- Course-Related Community Service: Approximately 17 percent of students indicated that they had a service-learning experience related to their academic work. Additionally, approximately 34 percent of students reported having performed community service or volunteer activities.
- Community-Focused Experiences: The majority of students (~88 percent) reported that community-based experiences on campus have influenced their desire to continue participating after graduation. The most commonly reported type of community-based experience was an internship or clinical practicum (n = 748).
2021 SERU
2021 SERU Executive Summary
The University of Minnesota received responses from approximately 7,822 students in 2021 (~28 percent response rate). The report is organized according to student responses related to their participation in community service activities, course-based service learning, and other community-focused experiences.
Key findings include:
- Participation in Service: Findings demonstrate that approximately 12 percent of survey respondents who answered questions in the civic and community engagement module participated in community service on campus and 88 percent participated off campus during the 2020-2021 academic year.
- Importance of Opportunities to Engage in Community Service: The majority of students (84 percent) agree that opportunities for community service while in college are important to them. Additionally, 90 percent of students agree that opportunities to connect academic work with community-based experiences are important to them.
- Involvement in Community Service: Students are most likely to report that the reasons they became involved in community service include becoming a better citizen and community participant as well as providing charity and help to those in need.
- Areas in Which Students Volunteer: Students are more likely to volunteer in organizations focused on social issues, education, and health. The top organizations in which students volunteer include Feed My Starving Children, Ronald McDonald House, and M Health University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. The majority of students report volunteering in the neighborhoods bordering the Minneapolis campus (East or West Bank).
- Course-Related Community Service: 28 percent* of students indicated that they had a service-learning experience related to their courses. Overall, students listed 84 courses in which they had community-based learning experience.
Community-Focused Experiences: The majority (86 percent) of students report that their community-based experiences during undergrad have influenced their desire to continue participating in those activities after graduation.
* Responses for service-learning course, community based research and community based capstone experience.
