The recently published Pathways of Social Impact: Higher Education for the Public Good brings together a range of perspectives to deepen our understanding of students’ interests, motivations, and approaches to social change. At its core is the Pathways framework—a tool designed to help educators better understand and support students’ evolving civic identities and engagement strategies. In this webinar, we take a closer look at two campuses using the Pathways Framework: Swarthmore College and Illinois College.

The Pathways framework presents a typology designed to highlight distinctions in ways to engage in social change without intending to sever the connections between them. Each pathway overlaps with multiple other pathways, so that activities falling in one pathway may also exist in another.

Katie L. Price authored the “To Set Their Own Paths: Using the Pathways to Help Students Self-Identify Their Unique Roles in Shaping a More Just and Compassionate World”  chapter which highlights work at the Eugene M Lange Center for Civic and Social Responsibility. 

Ryan W. Flynn and Alyssa Wiseman authored “Using the Pathways for Public Service and Civic Engagement for Campus Strategic Planning” discussing how the Pathways framework was used to develop a strategic plan in the Office of Civic Engagement and Student Leadership. Both will share their experiences using the Pathways.