Bonner High-Impact Initiative: An Introduction
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The document discusses high-impact learning practices and community engagement strategies within the Bonner Foundation's initiatives to improve American democracy. It emphasizes the Bonner program, which supports under-represented students through service-learning and civic engagement, aiming for institutional change and measurable community impact. The presentation outlines the program's achievements, partnership models, and the need for data-driven strategies to enhance community collaboration in higher education.
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Bonner High-Impact Initiative: An Introduction
- 1. Linking High-Impact Learning & Community Engagement for the American Democracy Project Conference • June 9, 2012" Ariane Hoy (Bonner Foundation) & Mathew Johnson (Siena College and Bonner Foundation) !1
- 2. Today we will: ✤ Explore 10 High-Impact Practices" ✤ Introduce you to the Bonner Program" ✤ Share where this idea came from" ✤ Provide the opportunity to wrestle with ideas
- 4. High-Impact Practices ~ first year seminars" ~ common intellectual experiences " ~ learning communities " ~ writing-intensive courses" ~collaborative assignments & projects " ~ undergraduate research" ~ diversity/global learning " ~ internships & project-based learning" ~ service-learning & community-based learning" ~ capstone courses & projects
- 6. Introduction to Our National Network Bonner Scholar and Leader Programs at more than 60 institutions of higher education A Live Google Map
- 7. Who is a Bonner? ✤ A committed undergraduate—likely from a low-income background (85% +)" ✤ Joins a cohort-based program" ✤ Serves 8-10 hours every week, across four years in developmental progression" ✤ Interns with local, national and international organizations during the school year and full-time in summer" ✤ Participates in education, training, meetings, reflection" ✤ Is more likely to graduate and have better grades
- 8. The Bonner Network ✤ 60 active Bonner Scholar and Leader Programs; 15 start-up" ✤ Diverse liberal arts institutions, public and private" ✤ 3,000+ students" ✤ Focus on under-represented students: low income, students of color, first generation" ✤ 6,000 + alumni" ✤ 25 endowed campus programs at $163 million total
- 9. A proven program model... with elements to scale
- 10. Proven Program Model ✤ Student learning, development and leadership" ✤ Reciprocal community partnerships and impact" ✤ Campus infrastructure and culture of service
- 11. Student Impact Longitudinal assessment involving 25 campus programs; pre and post assessment ✤ Four years are significant" ✤ Proven skill learning (developmental model)" ✤ Commitment to social justice" ✤ Dialogue across difference" ✤ Structured and unstructured reflection" ✤ The importance of mentors" ✤ Civic-minded professionalism
- 12. Deep Partnerships ✤ 3,000 students engaging in 1 million hours of service each year" ✤ Developmental multi-year partnerships" ✤ Partners as co-educators" ✤ Connecting all available campus assets to community needs" ✤ Direct service, CBR, servicelearning projects, policy research
- 13. Campus Infrastructure ✤ Infrastructure for community service and academic community engagement" ✤ FIPSE funded model for civic engagement minors and certificates" ✤ Seeding community based research over 15 years at 30+ institutions" ✤ Staffing model that builds the capacity, range and depth of campus program
- 14. Alumni Impact 30 campuses, 1066 Participants; 22-50 years old; 32% response rate ✤ 33% in non-profit sector careers" ✤ 32% in government careers" ✤ 25% in for-profit careers" ✤ Career choices driven by a desire to affect positive change" ✤ 90% demonstrating civic action in past 12 months" ✤ ✤ joined organization; signed petition; did not buy a product due to company values; contacted a public official" 90% voted in last election
- 15. Bonner Alumni Remain Engaged volunteering at notably higher rates than average U.S. citizens Average Volunteering Rates vs. Bonner Graduates
- 16. Where this idea came from... listening to our network
- 17. Origins of the Initiative ✤ Vision—Aim to be at the cutting edge of institutional change" ✤ Data—NASCE" ✤ Learning—HIPs" ✤ Practice—HICEPs
- 18. Why change is needed? ✤ Higher education at a Crucible Moment" ✤ Financial challenges" ✤ Structural changes" ✤ Performance crisis" ✤ A unique opportunity
- 19. Data—National Assessment of Service & Community Engagement ✤ Developed by Siena Research Institute as a gauge of institutional engagement" ✤ Implemented by 35+ institutions" ✤ 14K completes—now the largest national data set on civic engagement" ✤ Telling findings—more than half of students are never engaged" ✤ Average POP score - mid 20’s" ✤ Structure matters
- 21. Learning—Academic Community Engagement at a Crossroads ✤ Three Learn & Serve grants and fifteen years working on community-based research " ✤ Civic engagement minor (FIPSE, monograph)" ✤ Assessment points to importance and limits of course-based service-learning" ✤ Broader calls for the re-imagination of service-learning" ✤ Most successful initiatives (ADP, BTtoP, Greater Expectations) cross boundaries and inform institutional change
- 22. Engaged Learning—A Part of the Solution ✤ Generated from the Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) Initiative, a project of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)" ✤ Proven to be effective with higher than expected student learning and success, especially with under-represented students" ✤ ALL of them could be connected with community engagement !22
- 23. High-Impact Practices ~ first year seminars" ~ common intellectual experiences " ~ learning communities " ~ writing-intensive courses" ~collaborative assignments & projects " ~ undergraduate research" ~ diversity/global learning " ~ internships & project-based learning" ~ service-learning & community-based learning" ~ capstone courses & projects
- 24. Practice—The Field is Moving Towards ResultsOriented Approaches ✤ Recession and troubled economy has driven increased demand" ✤ Shrinking public funding and declining revenues " ✤ Nonprofit mergers are increasing" ✤ Campus-community partnerships with long histories still need strategies and tools to measure social impact
- 25. Engaged Practice—High Impact Community Engagement Practice (HICEPs) ✤ Developed by the Bonner Foundation and Network’s 20+ years of building and managing developmental campus-community partnerships" ✤ Position campus and community in democratic engagement, characterized as:" ✤ reciprocal" ✤ problem-solving oriented" ✤ knowledge co-creation" ✤ many types of public spaces !25
- 26. Engaged Practice—High Impact Community Engagement Practice (HICEPs) 1. PLACE " 2. HUMILITY" 3. INTEGRATION" 4. DEPTH" 5. DEVELOPMENT" 6. SEQUENCE" 7. TEAMS !26
- 27. Engaged Practice—High Impact Community Engagement Practice (HICEPs) 8. REFLECTION" 9. MENTORS" 10. CAPACITY" 11. LEARNING" 12. EVIDENCE" 13. CAPACITY" 14. IMPACT !27
- 28. Bridging frameworks—towards democratic A goal to draw out the opportunities for campuses and communities to be fully engaged
- 29. Our theory of change... strategic campus-community teams
- 30. High-Impact Strategic Goals ✤ Scale proven best practices in community engagement by integrating them across the curriculum" ✤ Create more faculty participation in community engagement that is connected to evidence-based practice" ✤ Help campuses create and demonstrate community impact
- 32. Institutional Change Depth Low High Adjustment (I) Isolated Change" (II) Far-Reaching Change" (III) Transformational Change (IV) ! ! ! ! Pervasiveness Low ! ! ! High [Saltmarsh, J. (2009). Adapted from Eckel, Hill, & Green. (1998)] !32
- 33. ra te d low In te g 3-‐Dimensional Model high ! high II (“Johnson Cube”) ! VI Deep [Saltmarsh & Clayton (2011)] [Graphic by K. Buchner] IV VIII I V III VII low low Pervasive high
- 34. Four Major Strategies ✤ Integrate high-impact educational practices and high-impact community engagement" Use data and evidencebased practice to drive institutional strategy towards full engagement" ✤ Build, support, and leverage campus transformation teams" ✤ ✤ Be an active convener and catalyst for a national learning community— spurring partnerships across the field that move community engagement towards greater impact
- 35. Illustration of Connections First Year Seminars First Year Trips / Immersions Common Intellectual Experiences Site/Team Based Project Design Learning Communities Cohort Training Meetings Writing Intensive Courses Policy Research Assignments Collaborative Projects Issue Briefs/Program Models/CBR Undergraduate Research Capacity Building Projects Diversity /Global Learning Junior (Elective) Trips / Internships Internships / Project-Based Learning Sequence of developmental placements, " tied to coursework Capstone Courses Capstone Service Projects
- 36. Strategy 1 Integrate high-impact educational practices and high-impact community engagement
- 37. Strategy 2 Use data and evidence-based practice to drive institutional strategy for full engagement
- 38. Types of Data NSEE Institutional learning performance NASCE Institution wide student engagement Survey of Community Partners Satisfaction; Capacity contributions Survey of Faculty Institution wide faculty engagement Strategic Planning Issue Briefs/Program Models/CBR Proven Program Models Capacity Building Projects Indicators (Public Data) Junior (Elective) Trips / Internships Community Impact Assessments to be gathered and shared
- 39. Year 4 on...continue to participation in national learning community Year 3" •Attend institute" • Sustainability vision & plan" • Refine projects, possibly others" • Begin to implement impact assessment Strategy 3 Student Professor Staff Partner project Student s Partner Professor Year 1" • Build team & campus climate" • Data collection & planning" • Identify assets" • Attend institute" • Select & do first projects Staff Year 2" • Expand team & participation" • Attend institute" • Select & do next two projects" • Document and share learning (conferences, publications) Build, support, and leverage campus transformation teams
- 40. Small Group Discussion linking HIP with HICEPS
- 41. Strategy Be an active convener and catalyst for a national learning community— spurring partnerships across the field that move community engagement towards greater impact Year 1 Cohort
- 42. •Association of American Colleges and Universities Crucible Moment, HIPs •American Association of State Colleges & Universities American Democracy Project •Bringing Theory to Practice Psychosocial Well-being, Assessment Models IARSLCE Research and theoretical base •Imagining America Collaboratories, faculty development paths, tenure & promotion •NERCHE Full Participation, institutional transformation, Carnegie Classification, Democratic Engagement •Open Indicators Consortium Community impact models using public data, open source Strategy National Learning Community