ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP
Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC)
ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP BRINGS TOGETHER FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CO-CREATE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION WHICH BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE BUILT TO BE MUTUALLYBENEFICIAL, SUSTAINED OVER TIME, AND TO CREATE POSITIVE IMPACT AND CHANGE.
The Engaged Scholarship Consortium (ESC) is a non-profit educational organization, composed of higher education member institutions, a mix of state-public and private institutions. ESC’s goal is to work collaboratively to build strong universitycommunity partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship and designed to help build community capacity.
UW Tacoma Library: Digital Commons In our continuing efforts to aggregate and measure the extent of community engagement activities at UW Tacoma, in 2020 OCP began partnering with UW Tacoma Library to share and promote Community Engaged Scholarship through Digital Commons. Digital Commons is a resource where community members can find greater details of the Community Engagement activities happening
UW Tacoma is a member institution. As a member
in Collaboratory and research outputs from the
benefit, ESC promotes opportunities for faculty
Center for Applied Urban Research.
from Member Institutions to collaborate on opportunities for research and external funding. Member Institutions identify ways that their faculty, staff, students, and community partners can connect with and collaborate on community engagement efforts.
Digital Commons collects, preserves, and makes publicly accessible the scholarly and creative work from faculty and students. Community Engaged Scholarship includes but is not limited to peer-reviewed literature, professional reports, periodicals, articles, and policy documents from
The Office of Community Partnerships serves
community orientated or engaged learning
as a coordination point for faculty and staff who
projects. This year OCP aims to share the scholarly
participate and present at the Engagement
products of more activities and research through
Scholarship Consortium (ESC). Additionally, OCP
Digital Commons.
financially supports the conference attendance as a supplement for professional development funds provided by the faculty or staff member’s home unit.
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