September 2012 Newsletter
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| September 5, 2012 | The Talloires Network Newsletter |
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In This Issue
New Members Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan (Pakistan) To see a full list of our 248 member institutions, Not a member of the Talloires Network? Learn how to JOIN NOW>>
Talloires Website Remember to visit our website! Google Map showing our member universities
About the Talloires Network Tufts University and Innovations in Civic Participation serve as the Secretariat of the Talloires Network.
Contact Us Rob Hollister Director Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs and Research Jennifer Catalano Director, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Maureen Keegan Program Coordinator Maureen.Keegan@tufts.edu Mark Gearan (Chair) President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Janice Reid (Vice-Chair) Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Sydney President, American University in Cairo President, Tulane University Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Founding President, Aga Khan University Vice-Chancellor, Kenyatta University Rector, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Chairperson, South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum Rector, Universidad Católica de Córdoba Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities |
Update from the Chair: President Mark Gearan
The Talloires Network Steering Committee held a productive in-person meeting in Washington, DC, July 8-10. Later this month I will be sending all Network members a summary report on our deliberations, which focused on strategic planning. Please watch for this communication, and give us your feedback and also your suggestions about future TN activities. To preview one item … The Steering Committee recommends changing TN membership criteria and expectations so that: 1. Membership represents institutional achievement of a significant standard with respect to civic engagement and social responsibility, and 2. The membership process regularly generates information about the work of member institutions. We look forward to working with members and regional network directors to develop potential new membership policies. This issue announces our new Youth Economic Participation Initiative funded by The MasterCard Foundation (see article below). I invite and encourage you to participate in this important effort to elevate how universities in developing countries prepare students to create jobs and to compete for jobs. The YEPI is an exciting opportunity to strengthen the economic development impacts of university community engagement programs. I am pleased also that it will provide direct financial support to several members. We will be making 6-8 demonstration grants to TN members and are now in the process of developing the Request for Proposals. YEPI also will be organizing a global learning community on this topic. Many thanks to the 16 leaders of TN civic engagement programs from 12 countries who convened July 23-25 to exchange about “Innovations in Democratic Engagement: Universities and their Civic Mission around the World.” We were very pleased to co-sponsor this session with the Kettering Foundation and I would like to say how much we appreciate Kettering funding the meeting. See Lorlene Hoyt’s article below. Recommended reading: Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyon, and Ronaldo Munck (eds.), Higher Education and Civic Engagement: Comparative Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, June 2012. Congratulations to the co-authors for this impressive contribution to collective knowledge about the global movement! The Talloires Network and The MasterCard Foundation are pleased to announce a new $5.9 million initiative that will build upon and extend the promising efforts of Talloires Network member institutions to prepare their students to access and create jobs in developing economies. This Youth Economic Participation Initiative will enable the Talloires Network to award a small number of three-year Demonstration Grants to Talloires Network universities in developing countries and their community, public or private sector partners. A total of six to eight Demonstration Grants will be awarded to universities across the global south. Learn more>> Talloires-Kettering Foundation Partnership Brings Civic Engagement Program Leaders Together
15 years of Service-learning policies in Argentina
During the opening, Dr. Ruben Hallu, Rector of Buenos Aires University, presented the new service-learning graduation requirement to begin in 2013. Jaime Perczyk, National Secretary of Education, underlined the importance of service-learning and civic engagement for a quality, inclusive education for all. Argentina has been supporting national service-learning policies since 1997, and 15 years later a third of all schools and Higher Education institutions in the country have participated at the “Presidential Awards” for service-learning with at least one project. The Conference has become a meeting point for service-learning scholars and practitioners from Latin America and Spain, among them many Talloires Network members from the region. This year, the Conference was preceded by a Researchers Symposium, with more than a hundred participants and 52 papers presented by researchers from 9 countries. The proceedings are already on line at: http://www.clayss.org.ar/06_investigacion/jornadas/jornadas.htm For more information check the Conference website, http://www.clayss.org.ar/XV_seminario/index-2012.html, or contact CLAYSS: info@clayss.org Higher Education and Civic Engagement: Comparative Perspectives
For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website>> “Measuring and Monitoring for Engagement.” Engagement Academy for University Leaders. Roanoke, Virginia (USA), 12-14 September 2011.
2012 IARSLCE Annual Conference, “Connected Knowing.” Baltimore, MD (USA). 23-25 September 2012
13th Annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference. University of Alabama (USA). 30 September – 3 October 2012.
9th International Workshop on Higher Education Reform. “Reforming the Policy and Practice of Community Engagement of Higher Education.” University of Pittsburg (USA). 10-12 October 2012.
Engage 2012: Responding to Change. Bristol, UK. 5-6 December 2012.
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In partnership with the Kettering Foundation, the Talloires Network co-hosted a 3-day summer workshop in July entitled Innovations in Democratic Engagement: Universities and Their Civic Mission around the World. Sixteen participants from twelve countries traveled to Dayton, Ohio, to participate in a critical exchange. We found, despite differences in culture and context, all of the participants shared an interest in strengthening their own civic engagement programs and learning from one another. 
More than 500 participants from 11 countries attended the 15th International Service-learning Conference, organized at Buenos Aires University by CLAYSS (Latin American Center for Service-learning), with the support of the Federal Ministry of Education and OEI (Ibero-American Organization for Education).
Published in June 2012, this book explores the practices of teaching and learning, research, and service in several international contexts. The authors also address the impact of current global market conditions in the role of higher education institutions in terms of performing civic missions in these contexts. Edited by Lorraine McIlrath, Ann Lyons, Ronaldo Munck. 
This unique executive development program is designed for institutional teams or individuals responsible for developing institutional capacity for monitoring and measuring community engagement activities. Participants will return to their campuses with a specific plan to advance the institutional approach to monitoring and measuring engagement as well as effectively link community engagement to the teaching, research, and service missions of the institution. The program is offered by Virginia Tech’s Engagement Academy for University Leaders. 
The theme for the 12th annual International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement (IARSCLE) conference is the generative power of connections and relationships in research on service-learning and community engagement. The IARSLCE annual research conference is targeted to scholars, practitioners, students, and community partners interested in research on service-learning, community-based research, campus-community partnerships, and civic learning outcomes. 
The National Outreach Scholarship Conference (NOSC) is composed of higher education member institutions, a mix of state-public and private institutions. NOSC works collaboratively to build strong university-community partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship, and designed to help build community capacity. The 13th Annual NOSC conference theme challenges students, faculty and communities to PARTNER. INSPIRE. CHANGE. to build a stronger, more prosperous, and just society. 
This is the ninth Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) international workshop that brings together researchers and policy analysts and makers. This Workshop will explore conceptual understandings of community engagement and university reforms intended to foster it. 
The third annual national conference of the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). this interactive conference will look across the whole engagement agenda including research; teaching and learning; knowledge exchange; volunteering and social responsibility.