UC Davis University Outreach and International Programs

OUTREACH
	About University Outreach and Engagement
	Fully Engaged Newsletter
	University Outreach and Engagement Advisory Committee
ABOUT ENGAGEMENT
	Definition of Scholarly Engagement
	Engagement Challenges
	Tips for Enhancing Academic Engagement
	UC Davis Engagement
LINKS
	K-12 Outreach
	Academic Senate Public Services
	UC Davis Extension
	Campus Public Service
	Pre-College and Educational Opportunity Programs

Keys to creating a positive and supportive university environment for scholarly engagement

The following are several possible strategies for creating a supportive university environment for scholarly engagement:

Provide programs, curricula, and research opportunities for faculty and students to do scholarship relevant to and grounded in public problems, but still within rigorous methodological frameworks.

Create faculty positions that focus on this type of scholarship (e.g., Cooperative Extension faculty positions in land grant universities) and develop clear promotion criteria to evaluate this scholarship.

Form and maintain an infrastructure to support this scholarship including senior academic leadership (e.g., Vice Provost or Vice Chancellor) and Deans and Directors engagement advisory councils.

Restructure graduate education to ensure that the next generation of scholars value and pursue engaged scholarship and balance disciplinary research with transdisciplinary research and professional development with civic development.

Publicize the significant faculty outreach and engagement activities through news releases, newsletters, webpages and other means.

Recognize the faculty scholarly engagement accomplishments through awards, ceremonies and public lectures (e.g., the UC Davis Faculty Senate Distinguished Scholarly Public Service).

Create funds for new initiatives/seed grants, publicize their availability and select proposals competitively and on the basis of clearly delineated criteria.

Sponsor and organize colloquia, seminars and workshops focused on scholarly engagement.

Incorporate engagement more centrally in a) regional accreditation, b) funding criteria for grants and contracts, and c) institutional rankings (e.g., Washington Monthly national rankings and the New Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement).