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Network Memberships

DePaul Network Memberships

Illinois Campus Compact

Campus Compact Illinois advances the public purpose of higher education by cultivating civic skills and learning, integrating community engagement with teaching and research and building campus-community partnerships throughout Illinois.

Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU)

CUMU is dedicated to dissemination of knowledge on the issues that face urban and metropolitan campuses and the communities they serve. CUMU’s mission "ensures sustained attention to the exchange of information and ideas among member institutions about higher education’s role in urban and metropolitan settings, engenders a unified approach to the resolution of common challenges, and develops a clearer understanding within the higher education community and among public policy makers and the public about the distinctive roles played by urban and metropolitan institutions."

International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSCLE)

The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) is an international non-profit organization devoted to promoting research and discussion about service-learning and community engagement.  The mission is to promote the development and dissemination of research on service-learning and community engagement internationally and across all levels of the education system.

Other Networks in Support of Community Engagement in Higher Education

National Campus Compact

Imagining America

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Engagement Scholarship Consortium

Talloires Network

Living Knowledge

Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI)

Community-based Research Canada