1. Is Higher Education Ready to Commit to Community Engagement? Nancy L. Zimpher, President, University of Cincinnati December 8, 2005 Calling the Question:

2. I have this growing conviction that what is needed [for higher education] is not just more programs, but a larger purpose, a larger sense of mission, a larger clarity of direction in the nation’s life. “ ” Ernest Boyer (1994) Not Necessarily A New Idea

3. Founded: 1985 Today: 5 million students More than 950 public and private two- and four-year colleges and universities

4. Kellogg Commission: Renewing the Covenant, 2000 “ It (the transformed university) will be a new kind of public institution, one that is as much a first-rate research university, one that provides access to success to much more diverse student population as easily as it reaches out to engage the larger community. ” “ It (the transformed university) will be a new kind of public institution, one that is as much a first-rate research university, one that provides access to success to much more diverse student population as easily as it reaches out to engage the larger community. ”

5. Our goal in calling the question is nothing less than the transformation of our nation’s colleges and universities. We believe engagement is the best hope for the future of higher education. “ ” Wingspread Statement 2004, Calling the Question

6. Six Promising Practices: 1. Integrate Engagement into Mission

8. Six Promising Practices: 2. Forge Partnerships as the Overarching Framework An Urban P-16 Council for Quality Teaching and Learning

9. Six Promising Practices: 2. Forge Partnerships as the Overarching Framework College Access/Success Partnership

10. Six Promising Practices: 2. Forge Partnerships as the Overarching Framework

11. Six Promising Practices: 3. Renew and Redefine Discovery and Scholarship Women in Science & Engineering- Undergraduates

12. Six Promising Practices: 3. Renew and Redefine Discovery and Scholarship

13. Teacher Quality Partnership

14. Six Promising Practices: 3. Renew and Redefine Discovery and Scholarship Research Investment Master Plan

15. Six Promising Practices : 4. Integrate Engagement Into Teaching and Learning Niehoff Studio Kroger Design, Calhoun and Jefferson

16. Six Promising Practices : 4. Integrate Engagement Into Teaching and Learning

17. Service Learning

18. Other examples: UC Center for Economic Education and Research Robert Probst senior capstone experience classes in design Hebrew Union College-University of Cincinnati Center for the Study of Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems Six Promising Practices : 4. Integrate Engagement Into Teaching and Learning

19. Six Promising Practices: 5. Recruit and Support New Champions Appointment: Ann Chasser Associate vice president for tech transfer and commercialization Appointment: Tony Brown CEO, Uptown Consortium Appointment: Will McIntosh Dean, College of Business

20. Six Promising Practices: 5. Recruit and Support New Champions Julie Flammer CEO, Uptown Consortium

21. Six Promising Practices: 6. Create Radical Institutional Change

22. Articulation & Transfer: ATM Electronic Transcript CAS Advisory College Application Employment Information Ohio Students

23. Center for the City Six Promising Practices: 6. Create Radical Institutional Change