Resources

Michigan Campus Compact provides resources for campuses to enhance their community engagement efforts. The most valuable resource is human capital and MCC encourages networking and collaboration among member institutions and with local community organizations. To connect with a campus, please visit our constituents page.

A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education
This report lays out the Lumina Foundation's "big goal" for education and is full of data and provides links to other sites with even more data. The "big goal" is to increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials from 39 percent to 60 percent by the year 2025. The report describes the national problem and presents state-by-state data and profiles.

"United We Serve" is a nationwide service initiative that will help meet growing social needs resulting from the economic downturn. With the knowledge that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when given the proper tools, President Obama is asking us to come together to help lay a new foundation for growth. This initiative aims to both expand the impact of existing organizations by engaging new volunteers in their work and encourage volunteers to develop their own "do-it-yourself" projects. United We Serve is an initial 81 days of service but will grow into a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to promote service as a way of life for all Americans. 

Serve.gov is your online resource for not only finding volunteer opportunities in your community, but also creating your own. Use Serve.gov to help you do your part. America’s foundation will be built one community at a time – and it starts with you.

ASSETS Abstracts
Accent on Student Success: Engaged Together in Service, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and through the Community College National Center for Civic Engagement. Explore abstracts from this grant program.

The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (10-year Student Loan Public Service Forgiveness Program) Purpose: to encourage full-time employment in public service by offering an incentive in loan reduction within a shorter amount of time. Similar government programs had a 25 year timeline. Now this revised program has a 10-year timeline.

Citizenship and Civic Education
Service-Learning, K-16 Education, National Service, Michigan Participation, Civics/History, International, Character Education, Diversity, Lifelong Engagement, Public Policy/Legislation, Service Issue Specific Resources on the education of citizens.

Campus Compact
Links to state Campus Compacts and other National Campus Compact Resources

Media Relations Kit

The purpose of this Media Relations Kit is to provide templates and samples to utilize for a variety of communication purposes.The kit is based on the needs of the organization and its members and will be modified as those needs evolve. The Media Relations Kit is generously supported with funding from the Ford Motor Company Fund.

VISTA Effective Practices
MCC AmeriCorps*VISTAs act as ambassadors for service-learning, community service and civic engagement state-wide through their work with MCC member campuses. As such, VISTAs create materials that can be used by their host campus, as well as other campuses, to promote service initiatives. The one page documents below represent “Effective Practices” or model programs within the MCC network as collected and documented by AmeriCorps*VISTA members.