Last week, the Board of Higher Education for Massachusetts determined that Civic Engagement was enough of a priority to be included with the Vision Project. You can read more about their decision and the project here. It should be noted that this follows a decision from the Board of Higher Education that they will be pursuing the status of LEAP State.  This is a timely announcement as Berkshire Community College prepares to host a workshop for faculty exploring the use of civic  engagement in their classrooms. This workshop, “Learning for the Common Good: Using Service Learning to Promote Civic Engagement” will be provided by Massachusetts Campus Compact on April 24th. The goal of this workshop will be to explore the Civic Engagement outcomes for LEAP in addition to developing a syllabus to include Service-Learning.

Jeremy Poehnert, Member Relations Specialist at Massachusetts Campus Compact, explains it best: “LEAP is a national project by the AAC&U which offers a model for student learning outcomes.”