Carnegie Community Engagement Elective Classification

CSU San Marcos received the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Elective Classification for Community Engagement in 2006.

CSUSM was classified in both Curricular Engagement and Outreach & Partnerships categories.  The categories are defined as:

Curricular Engagement describes teaching, learning and scholarship which engage faculty, students and community in mutually beneficial and respectful collaboration. Their interactions address community-identified needs, deepen students’ civic and academic learning, enhance community well-being and enrich the scholarship of the institution.

Outreach and Partnerships describes two different but related approaches to community engagement.  The first focuses on the application and provision of institutional resources for community use with benefits to both campus and community.  The latter focuses on collaborative interactions with community and related scholarship for the mutually beneficial exchange, exploration and application of knowledge, information and resources (research, capacity building, economic development, etc.).

Message from President Karen Haynes

News Release (December 6, 2006)

CSU San Marcos Documentation Framework

(PDF Document)

Contact Person:

Jan Jackson, Ph.D.

Dean, Extended Studies

University Advocate, Community Engagement & Partnerships

California State University San Marcos

333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd.

San Marcos, CA  92096

PH: (760)750-8708

FAX: (760)750-3138

Email: jjackson@csusm.edu