Overview
In 2014 Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service (Haas Center) developed a “Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement” (PPSCE) framework and survey that allow campuses to gauge student predispositions to public service through six pathways: community engaged learning and research; community organizing and activism; direct service; philanthropy; policy and governance; and social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility. The framework and survey can be used to help students find meaningful service placements, while also helping students to grow in their understanding of the variety of ways they can contribute to the public good.
In partnership with the Haas Center and to advance an improved understanding of students’ interests and predispositions regarding approaches to social change, Campus Compact invites participation in a Working Group for the PPSCE framework and survey. This group’s work focuses on the implementation, analysis, use, and refinement of the survey, creating a “community of practice” around its use. The specific roles and responsibilities are outlined below.
Specific Duties
Each Working Group member is expected to:
- Identify up to 2 primary liaisons/representatives willing to be responsible for the administration of the survey and communication with Campus Compact.
- Participate in a community of practice that connects in 3-4 video conference calls per year and occasionally in-person at meetings, retreats, or conferences.
- Implement the PPSCE survey with at least one cohort of students at their institution (a class, a program, or any other way that is meaningful to their campus context).
- Maintain a high level of confidentiality; the information in the shared folders/files should not be disseminated nor shared with any entities beyond participants of the PPSCE Working Group.
- Share findings from additional analysis performed on the aggregated data set, lesson plans, and other advising tools with the Working Group by saving the data in the “Shared Data” folder on the Pathways Working Group Google Drive.
- Be willing to support the Working Group and Campus Compact in their efforts to pursue grants and other funding opportunities.
- Provide a brief description detailing how the survey will be used, including the target population and anticipated number of students who will complete the survey.
Campus Compact commits to:
- Facilitate the creation of a community of practice around the use of the PPSCE framework and survey by coordinating 3-4 video conference calls per year with the Working Group members, having solicited agenda items from the group.
- Provide a unique link to the PPSCE survey to each institution for its use in helping students find meaningful service placements and to grow in their understanding of the variety of ways they can contribute to the public good.
- Provide each member with a unique Qualtrics link to view and access the results of the PPSCE survey from their own institutions. Stanford’s Haas Center will create survey links and conduct data analysis in partnership with Campus Compact.
- Grant to each member, in addition to their own data, access to de-identified aggregated data of completed surveys from all participating institutions during the stated academic year. Aggregated data is available, as an Excel sheet, in the Google Drive “Shared Data” folder.
- Seek additional funding and support through grants and other means to support the development of the Working Group and PPSCE framework and survey.