Disciplinary
Partners Initiative for the
Advancement of Civic Engagement and
Community-based Service-Learning
Service-learning is an academically rigorous instructional method that incorporates meaningful community service into the curriculum. Focusing on critical, reflective thinking and civic responsibility, service-learning involves students in organized community service that addresses local needs, while developing their academic skills, sense of civic responsibility, respect for others, and commitment to the community.
Successful candidates may be engaged in any new curriculum-based academic activity that advances civic engagement and service-learning in management education. Examples of such activities include:
1) Conducting original publishable research on civic engagement and/or community-based service-learning in management education;
2) Setting up a civic engagement/community-based service-learning initiative in one’s own academic department or school/college;
3) Developing civic engagement/community-based service-learning models for different types of management education, including undergraduate, graduate, distance learning, executive education and management development programs;
4) Developing and disseminating via appropriate publications and other vehicles assessment models for civic engagement/community-based service-learning;
5) Developing civic engagement/community-based service-learning models relating management education to public policy and different types of government action: legislative, executive policy, etc.;
6) Developing civic engagement/community-based service-learning models relating management education to critical areas such as: global commence, workforce diversity, technology, etc.
Deliverables: Each effort is expected to produce at least one article published in a reputable journal or book. In addition, the review committee will view favorably proposals that incorporate other deliverables, including:
1) Organizing and presenting high-quality scholarly sessions at the national or regional disciplinary association meetings on civic engagement and community-based service-learning;
2) Setting up local initiatives that could, for example, involve additional faculty in service-learning; instigate a system of rewards for service-learning faculty; set up a department-wide program; set up partnerships between the academic department, community nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and/or corporate firms around an issue of community concern;
1) Delivering talks and presentations on the initiative at regional and national scholarly meetings (including but not limited to the Academy of Management meetings, the American Society for Public Administration meetings, and the national meetings of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration);
2) Organizing small group meetings of interested faculty to pursue further development of ideas (may be within the awardees’ university, among local universities, or in collaboration with state Campus Compacts);
3) Writing and submitting larger grant;
4) Setting up meetings with community organizations, agencies, and networks related to the service-learning initiative to be followed by written reports;
5) Writing newsletter, op-ed, and newspaper articles for local community-oriented newsletters and professional associations;
6) Developing a website related to specific service-learning activities at a given university;
7) Creating and maintaining a listserver on specific service-learning and civic engagement activities;
8) Organizing focus groups of faculty to discuss obstacles and driving forces of civic engagement and service-learning in management education.
General Procedures:
1. Selection Committee: A selection committee headed by Laurie DiPadova, chair of the Academy of Management Task Force on Service-Learning in Management Education will include: Mary Hamilton, Executive Director of the American Society for Public Administration; Michael Brintnall, Executive Director of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Sandra Waddock of Boston College; and Robert Hogner of Florida International University.
2. Selection Criteria: Criteria for selection include: significance of contribution to the advancement of civic engagement and service-learning in management education; significance of contribution to scholarly work; innovativeness, provocativeness, and creativity; and timeliness of the proposed initiative.
3. All applications must consist of the following elements:
A. A 3-5 page letter outlining the proposed activity, the ways in which this activity advances civic engagement and service-learning in the profession, a deliverables action plan, and the amount of funding requested.
B. A letter from the applicant’s department chair or dean confirming the full match.
C. Curriculum vitae of the applicant.
D. A stamped self-addressed envelope to facilitate acknowledgment of application receipt.
4. Five copies of each application must be sent to Laurie N. DiPadova at the following address:
Dr. Laurie N. DiPadova
Faculty Outreach Fellow and Executive Director
Community Outreach and Service, University of Utah
Cedar Park/AOCE
5282 South, 320 West, D-110
Murray, UT 84107
Email: Ldipadova@aoce.utah.edu
Phone: 801/266-9056
Fax: 801/266-5349
5. Due Date. Applications are due by Wednesday, May 1, 2002. Note: Application must be received on or before the due date. This is not a postmark date.
6. Questions: Please contact Laurie DiPadova with any questions you may have about the Service-Learning Fellows Program.
7. Decision Timeframe: The committee anticipates announcing the successful applicants and their projects by June 15, 2002.
8. Submission of two progress reports: A preliminary progress report will be required from Fellows on February 1, 2003, for review by the Selection Committee. The final progress report on the funded activity is due on July 1, 2003 (3-5 pages) for review by selection committee members and transmittal to Campus Compact. Drafts of related working papers, submitted and published papers, as well as relevant reports, newsletter items, and reports on other deliverables should be included as well.