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CAMPUS COMPACT
1996-97 Agreement for Affiliation Between
Campus Compact and State Compacts
Campus Compact: The Project for Public Community
Service is a national coalition of college and university
presidents who believe that institutions of higher
education have a primary responsibility and to contribute
to the welfare of their communities. State compacts are
affiliate offices of the national Compact that work to
cultivate discourse and support for public and community
service; develop resource materials, grant programs,
workshops and institutes.
State compacts are chaired by a member president. Each
state compact pays an annual affiliation fee and agrees
to meet the expectations outlined below. In return, the
national Compact will provide technical assistance,
information, and resources. Campus Compact is a project
of the Education Commission of the States.
Membership in State and National Compacts
In states where state compacts have been established,
institutions wishing to join the Compact must do so
through the state compact.
National Campus Compact Programs
Presidents who are members of state compacts are
considered members of the national Campus Compact. As
such, they commit themselves to the Membership
Expectations of the national Compact and are eligible to
participate in the national Compact's programs and grand
competitions as appropriate. These programs include
 | * meetings and institutes for faculty, staff, and
presidents
* grant programs
* resource materials (newsletter, resource
sheets, members' survey, program manuals, other
publications) and technical assistance
* special projects such as the Project on
Integrating Service and Academic Study, with all
of their institutes, grant programs, and
resources
* updates on funding sources
* support for work with policy makers
* national media campaign
* conferences and technical support for
community colleges through the Campus Compact
Center for Community Colleges
* conferences and technical support for
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) through the HBCU network
* other programs such as the Howard R. Swearer
Student Humanitarian Award, and Thomas Ehrich
Faculty Award.
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State Compact Programs
Each state compact agrees to: (1) promote service
learning at member institutions (2) assist faculty and
students in building strong community service nationally
include the following:
| * Providing information and technical assistance
to member institution through written
information, meetings, and workshops for
students, staff, faculty and presidents.
* Supporting efforts to develop state policy
that encourages student public service
* Increasing public awareness and recognition
of the value of student community service and
service learning
* Encouraging member campuses to explore ways
to engage faculty to work with students and to
examine strategies that create a stronger link
between service and the curriculum
* Strengthening the connection between
campuses and the community.
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National Compact Support of State Compact
Affiliates
The national Campus Compact will provide initial and
ongoing support of state compact initiatives through
several avenues.
In Development
| * Consultations: phone, written, or in-person
through attendance at one or more meeting in
state
* Assistance in defining and implementing
organizational priorities, and in brainstorming
and developing programs
* Assistance with developing fundraising
strategy and targets; proposal review;
approaching potential funders in appropriate
* Invitation to meeting of state compact
directors
* Review of staffing descriptions, assistance
with posting jobs
* Access of ECS's national network of
educators, policy makers, events and resources.
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Ongoing Support
| * Coordination and communication among state
compacts and technical assistance centers through
regular communications, a computer network, and
two meetings per year of all compact and center
directors for information exchange, planning,
coordination, training
* Assistance with programming (i.e., serving
as panelists for state compact meetings and
advising on speakers, format, topics; publicizing
state compact events and programs)
* Information on collegiate public service
efforts through access to the national Compact's
program information clearinghouse, library and
lists of campuses and contacts
* Network of other organizations working on
community service and higher education issues
* Funding updates
* Support with media efforts
* Consultation and advocacy on relevant state
and federal policy
* Opportunities to influence federal policy
development and local and national media through
the national Compact's media and legislative
efforts
* Services of the Campus Compact Center for
Community Colleges and HBCU Network to help
recruit and support members
* Assistance with staff search and training,
if requested by state
* All support listed under "In
Development," as relevant
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Information and Resources
The national Compact will provide several types of
information for state compacts to disseminate to their
member campuses:
| * Information regarding federal legislation,
state legislation and university policies
concerning community service
* Campus Compact publications, including the
newsletter, resource and training manuals,
literature on public service and copies of
existing resources
* Research conducted by Campus Compact,
including reports on the status of campus public
service activities and updates on survey results
documenting public service activity at schools
and national trends.
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Coordination of Efforts Between State Compacts and
National Office
The national office and affiliate offices will share the
responsibility for coordinating the exchange of
information and ideas among the various offices through
regular communications, newsletter exchanges, annual
reports and semiannual meetings of directors of affiliate
offices. Types of information to be shred in order to
coordinate efforts: fundraising prospects, strategies,
and proposals; program development ideas; short-term and
long-term planning.
State Compact Accountability and Responsibilities
1. Name of State Compact. The state compact will
use "Campus Compact: in conjunction with the state's
name (e.g., Ohio Campus Compact, Pennsylvania Campus
Compact) in order to establish a clear and separate
identity for each state compact. This full name should
appear on all communications of that office to
distinguish its operations from those of the national
office.
2. Campus Liaisons. The state compact office
will request from each member president the following
five liaisons to work with and receive mailings from the
state and national offices:
President's Staff Contact
| * provides access to the college or university
president or chancellor
* works closely with the president or
chancellor to implement programs and policies
aimed at increasing the number of students and
the quality of student involvement in community
service
* maintains contact with all university staff
promoting student public service activities and
distributes all resource materials from the state
compact office to the appropriate campus offices
* helps the president respond to the state
compact's requests for information or support
* participates in national and state compact
institutes and other events as appropriate.
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Community Service Program Contact
| * has primary responsibility for working directly
with students, staff, faculty and community
service agency representatives on community
service programming
* regularly sends information related to
campus public service activities to the state
compact
* participates in national and state compact
institutes and other events as appropriate
* prepares material fro school's annual report
to national and/or state compacts
* participates in state and national Compact
grant programs.
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Faculty Service Learning Contact
| * Serves as liaison to faculty involved in
decision-making regarding service learning and
the curriculum
* provides the Compact with information
regarding the institutionalization of service
learning in the curriculum: sample course
syllabi, faculty development opportunities and
research on the effects of service learning on
academic development, tenure and promotion
policies.
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Government Relations Contact
| * follows state and national policy related to
service in higher education
* serves as advocate for college and Campus
Compact higher education policy that affects
higher education (e.g., national service,
work-study).
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Press Contact
| * works with campus, local, and national media to
profile student, staff, faculty and alumni public
service activities
* covers national, state and local public
service efforts
* sends articles, photographs and videos on
student community service to the state compact
for its clearinghouse.
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Addresses and telephone, fax and e-mail numbers will
be submitted with the names of these contacts; contacts
for new members or changes in contact names will be
submitted to the national Compact within 30 days of their
receipt at the state compact office.
3. Support of National Compact Programming.
State compact directors will be responsible for
publicizing and recruiting for programs of the national
Compact as appropriate (institutes, grant programs,
publications, Campus Partners in Learning, Service and
Academic Study, annual survey, etc.).
4. Annual Report. The state compact office
will submit an annual report assessing the impact the
state compact has made in increasing student involvement
in public service activities, on June 30 of each year.
5. Semiannual Directors' Meeting. It is
expected that state compact directors will make every
effort to attend the meetings of all state compact
directors twice each year.
Affiliation Fee
State compacts will submit an affiliation fee to the
national Campus Compact each year based on the number of
presidents considered members of the state compact and
the size of their institutions. The fee schedule below
was determined by the Executive Committee of Campus
Compact and is subject to change on an annual basis.
| STATE COMPACT
Fee Schedule for the Membership
Year JULY 1, 1996 to JUNE 30, 1997
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| Number of full-time
undergraduates/institution |
Fee/institution |
| up to 3,000 |
$290 |
| 3,001-7,000 |
$540 |
| 7,001-13,000 |
$795 |
| 13,001-20,000 |
$1050 |
| 20,001-30,000 |
$1300 |
| 30,001 - 40,000 |
$1760 |
| 40,001 + |
$2250 |
Each fiscal year, the state compact will submit a list
of member schools, their respective full-time enrollment
figures, and the appropriate affiliation fee to the
national Campus Compact. Options for fee payments are a)
full payment on October 1 or b) half payments on October
1 and April 1. The April payment will reflect any members
joining between the October and April payments. Payment
will be made out to the Education Commission of the
States and submitted to Campus Compact, Box 1975, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912.
Campus Compact will receive payment for each
institution considered a member of a state compact and
receiving benefits of the national Compact regardless of
whether that institution has paid the appropriate
membership fee to the state compact. Membership fees for
individual state compacts vary and are determined by the
executive board of each state compact; these are distinct
from fees assessed by the national Compact for state
compact affiliation.
Fees for New State Compacts
State compacts often form in the middle of the Compact's
membership year. The following policy attempts to fairly
and clearly pro rate affiliation fees for that initial
year, keeping in mind two objectives: allowing the
national compact to honor budget commitments and
assisting state compacts with their start up expenses.
Reconciling affiliation fees with membership dues
already collected: Affiliation fees are due to the
national Compact upon formation of a state compact. If
the total amount of affiliation fees to be submitted upon
formation is greater than the total membership fees
previously collected by the national Compact from schools
in that state, the national Compact will refund to the
state the difference between those membership fees and
the affiliation fees due for those schools; the state
will then forward only the affiliation fees due for new
members. If the total amount of affiliation fees is less
than the membership dues already collected from schools
in that state, no refund will be given.
Pro-rating of fees: If an affiliation agreement
is signed between July 1 and December 31, affiliation
fees are due for the full year. If an agreement is signed
between January 1 and June 30, half the year's
affiliation fees are due.
Upon formal affiliation, state compacts will be
responsible for collecting fees from members in their
states and submitting proper affiliation fees to the
national office on their behalf. The national office will
forward all membership inquiries to those state offices.
The undersigned parties agree to the terms of
affiliation outlined in this document:
State Compact Chair
Date:
Campus Compact Director:
Date:
This affiliation agreement will be renewed on an
annual basis.
Revised 7/1996
COMMENTS
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