Collective Wisdom

Here are several summaries of ideas, suggestions, and advice we've given to each other over the years:

Advice for New Fellows:

Click here to view advice that veteran CE Fellows have for newcomers about how to make the most of the experience.

Designing Better Learning Systems:

We asked the question, "How can we become people who designs learning opportunities/systems that work well for people different than ourselves?" to the CE Fellows in Fall 2017. Click this link to see a summary of their thoughts.

Elements of Healthy Partnerships:

This list of characteristics of healthy campus-community partnerships has been adapted it over time, but it was originally derived from David J. Maurasse's, “Higher Education-Community Partnerships: Assessing Progress in the Field." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 31(1) 2002: 131-139.

Questions for Potential Partners:

Click here to view a list of suggested questions that potential campus-community partners should ask each other at the beginning of their work together. This list was first generated by the 2015-2016 Fellows, and has been adapted and improved since.

Ways to Engage Infographic:

This infographic was developed through insights from the literature and past CE Fellows. It contrasts to sets of learning system characteristics, with those on the left being less effective, and those on the right more effective.