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CES for Beginners
What is the Community Engaged Scholarship (CES)?
CES is the real collaboration between a university partner and a community partner where both are meaningfully involved in each step of a project from its inception to its conclusion and the project’s goals/outcomes meet the community’s needs as defined by them.
A really good, short, easy-to-read introduction to Community Engaged Scholarship is provided by this article:
- Gelmon, Sherril B., Catherine Jordan, and Sarena D. Seifer. "Community-Engaged Scholarship In The Academy: An Action Agenda." Change, July/August 2013, pp. 58-66.
Are all projects that involve the community part of the Community Engaged Scholarship?
No, Community Engaged Scholarships only fall into the last two columns within this continuum of involvement.
What are the steps of a Community Engaged Scholarship project?
This matrix walks you through all the steps.
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One of the ‘go to’ organizations to learn a lot more is Community-Campus Partnerships for Health. Their website is a treasure trove of useful information, and it is not just for academics in the health professions, it’s for everyone interested in community engaged scholarship.
- Startr - CCP Health
- Check out their fantastic CES Toolkit. Then poke around all over the website. You won’t regret it!
- For an overview of the roots of Community Engaged Scholarship and how it developed,
take a look at:
- Sandmann, Lorilee R. “Conceptualization of the Scholarship of Engagement in Higher Education: A Strategic Review, 1996-2006.” Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 91-104.
- It’s one thing for faculty to collaborate with community partners and another thing
for a university campus to value and prioritize such collaborations. What does ‘an
engaged campus’ look like? Andrew Furco speaks to this question:
- Furco, Andrew. “The Engaged Campus: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Public Engagement.” British Journal of Educational Studies, Volume 58, Number 4, December 2010, pp. 375-390.
- Curious about journals that publish articles about Community Engaged Scholarship work?
- Top seven journals that publish on CES.
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All articles in each of these seven journals with links to a PDF of every article:
For questions and more information, please contact Dr. Christina Holub, Faculty Director of Community Engaged Scholarship, cholub@csusm.edu.