Augsburg College听has received its second听Community Engagement Classification from the .
Institutions are recognized based on evidence of their collaboration听with the larger community, which:
- enriches scholarship, research, and creative activity;
- enhances curriculum, teaching, and learning;
- prepares educated, engaged citizens;
- strengthens democratic values and civic responsibility;
- addresses critical societal issues; and
- contributes to the public good.
The Carnegie Foundation鈥檚 Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification. Institutions participate voluntarily by submitting required material as part of an extensive application process. Those materials include but are not limited to a description of the nature and extent of the university鈥檚 engagement with the community 鈥� local or beyond 鈥� plus institutional commitment, its impact on students, staff, and faculty, and an assessment of initiatives geared toward community engagement.
About 8 percent of U.S. degree-granting institutions have earned the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification to date, and Augsburg was one of only eight听Minnesota colleges or universities recognized in 2015. Augsburg previously received the听Community Engagement Classification in 2008.
The New England Resource Center for Higher Education serves as Carnegie鈥檚 administrative partner, and additional information regarding the classification process is available on the .
Tim Pippert, associate professor of sociology, was among the first sociologists to visit the Bakken oilfield region听in western North Dakota and to research the social effects of the area’s听rapid growth. Pippert contributed his expertise to a series of stories by the Forum News Service about sex trafficking in the Bakken, and the articles听have been republished by media ranging from the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minn., to the Daily Republic in Mitchell, S.D.
