{"id":775,"date":"2014-08-05T20:13:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T01:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/?page_id=775"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:08:31","slug":"case-for-ace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/for-faculty\/case-for-ace\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case for ACE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h2>Benefits for Students<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/courses\/dscn2789-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2014\/12\/DSCN2789-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX P510&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1421418774&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCN2789-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2014\/12\/DSCN2789-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1540 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2014\/12\/DSCN2789-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><em>ACE is a high-impact practice.\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&amp;U) has defined &#8220;service-learning, community-based learning&#8221; as a high-impact educational practice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the\u00a0report,\u00a0&#8220;High Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter,&#8221;\u00a0by George D. Kuh (AAC&amp;U, 2008) presented the case for adopting these pedagogical strategies. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aacu.org\/leap\/hip.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read an overview of this report on the AAC&amp;U website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bttop.org\/news-events\/evidence-and-other-eight-letter-words-musings-national-evaluator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evidence and other Eight-Letter Words: Musings from the National Evaluator<\/a> (link) &#8211; This article by the national evaluator for AAC&amp;U&#8217;s Bringing Theory to Practice grant program reports on the link between learning, civic engagement and student well-being that is associated with &#8220;high impact practices.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><em>ACE can help with student success because it offers different ways of learning and demonstrating knowledge.<\/em><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacu.org\/publications-research\/periodicals\/civic-engagement-and-student-success-leveraging-multiple-degrees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Success and Student Engagement: Leveraging Multiple Degrees of Achievement<\/a> (link) &#8211; This article describes the benefits to student academic success that have been demonstrated by thoughtful incorporation of civic engagement into curricular activities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2014\/08\/Community-as-a-resource-for-learning-Furco-2010.pdf\">Community as a resource for learning<\/a>\u00a0(pdf) &#8211; This paper &#8220;reviews &#8216;academic service learning&#8217;, i.e. experiential learning that takes place in the community as an integral part of the curriculum.&#8221; \u00a0Written by Andrew Furco, University of Minnesota Associate Vice President for Public Engagement.<\/li>\n<li>Research shows that &#8220;students who participate in service-learning are more likely to go to college, stay in college, and succeed academically,&#8221; according to Campus Compact&#8217;s report,\u00a0\u201c<a title=\"Campus Compact report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.compact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/A-Promising-Connection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Promising Connection: Increasing College Access and Success through Civic Engagement<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Carleton, St. Olaf, St. Scholastica, and University of Minnesota Duluth\u00a0 students who took STEM service-learning courses supported by a Learn and Serve America grant available through Minnesota Campus Compact showed significantly increased interest in studying STEM fields\u2014from an average of 6.22 to 9.24 on a 10-point scale\u2014and 85% agreed that the use of service-learning enhanced their understanding of the scientific content.&#8221; \u00a0 &#8211; Source: Minnesota Campus Compact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><em>ACE advances real-world skills that employers value.\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A nation-wide survey of business leaders in 2008 sponsored by AAC&amp;U showed that internships or community-based experiences are the best indicators of student&#8217;s job readiness.\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>When it comes to the assessment practices that employers trust to indicate a graduate\u2019s level of knowledge and potential to succeed in the job world, \u00a0employers dismiss tests of general content knowledge in favor of assessments of real-world and applied-learning approaches&#8230;.\u00a0assessments that employers hold in high regard include evaluations of supervised internships, community-based projects, and comprehensive senior projects.&#8221; &#8211; AAC&amp;U report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aacu.org\/leap\/documents\/2008_Business_Leader_Poll.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Should Colleges Assess and Improve Student Learning?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>In AAC&amp;U&#8217;s 2015 Employer and Student Survey, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacu.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/LEAP\/2015employerstudentsurvey.pdf\">Falling Short? College Learning and Career Success<\/a>,&#8221; conducted by Hart Research Associates, 80% of employers deem the ability to apply knowledge and skills to real-world settings as very important (4) and &#8220;fully 60% of employers think that ALL college students should be expected to complete a significant applied learning project before they graduate&#8221; (6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Benefits for Faculty<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1806\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1806\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/cc-award\/jackson_mncc_st-olaf-ace-steward-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2013\/10\/Jackson_MNCC_St-Olaf-ACE-Steward-2015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"519,346\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T5i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1429190207&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jackson_MNCC_St Olaf ACE Steward 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Paul Jackson receiving the Civic Engagement Steward Award&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2013\/10\/Jackson_MNCC_St-Olaf-ACE-Steward-2015.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1806\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2013\/10\/Jackson_MNCC_St-Olaf-ACE-Steward-2015-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Jackson receiving the Civic Engagement Steward Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lead to new publishing\u2014research on ACE teaching and learning and\/or research with a community partner<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engage students with different learning styles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attract highly motivated and engaged students<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advance institutional learning outcomes and\/or disciplinary expectations and values <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access more networking opportunities with engaged faculty in other disciplines or institutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal meaning and fulfillment as civic professionals, such as outlined in Amy Koritz and Paul Schadewald&#8217;s article in\u00a0<em>Peer Review,\u00a0<\/em>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacu.org\/peerreview\/2015\/summer\/Koritz\">Be the Change: Academics as Civic Professionals<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Benefits for the Community<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/faculty_research\/dsc_0147\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0147.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,848\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1412767738&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Painting the Warming House at Way Park\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0147-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1183 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0147-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Painting the Warming House at Way Park\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;community&#8221; can range from a geographic community (Northfield, Rice County, MN, the US, or an international community), an identity-based community (race\/ethnicity, religion, gender, etc.), or a general idea of &#8220;for the public good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most of the time, ACE involves work with local community partners, but can absolutely involve partners further afield and across various identities. While more work needs to be done to document impacts on the Northfield community of academic civic engagement, the benefits to our local community is evidenced by the interest and enthusiasm expressed by community partners in working with St. Olaf students, and by the long-term nature of many partnerships. \u00a0The benefits are also shown by <a title=\"Summary of Student and Faculty Involvement in ACE\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/summary_involvement\/\">the number of courses and students in those courses<\/a> that have engaged with the community. \u00a0These numbers only scratch the surface of all civic engagement activities by St. Olaf students and faculty given the many other curricular and co-curricular community engagement opportunities that exist on-campus (internships, community-based work study, undergraduate research, volunteering, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits for Students ACE is a high-impact practice.\u00a0 The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&amp;U) has defined &#8220;service-learning, community-based learning&#8221; as a high-impact educational practice. 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