This section estimates the economic impact of community engaged learning by UW-Superior students and community engagement through service and scholarship by UW-Superior faculty and staff. The Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) is established to bring the UW-Superior campus and local community closer and strengthen reciprocal relationship. It encourages all forms of community engagement including, academic service-learning (AS-L), community-based research, creative activities, internships and volunteering. These activities are beneficial for UW-Superior students, faculty, staff, and the local community. According to CCEL website, a primary goal for the Center for Community Engaged Learning is to empower UW-Superior students to become active citizens that tackle critical challenges by participating in hands-on, practical learning experiences while reciprocally meeting the region’s most pressing needs and priorities. The center is a hub for creating and sustaining campus engagement with the Duluth- Superior community. In this part first, methodology of analysis is explained. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING BY UW-SUPERIOR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SERVICE AND SCHOLARSHIP BY UW-SUPERIOR FACULTY AND STAFF
Methodology
For impact analysis, this part considers six different kinds of community engagement: AS-L, community-based research, internship, fieldwork, volunteer work and program involvement. The timeframe of these community engagements is 2017-2018. This part of the analysis considers Twin Ports (Duluth, MN/Superior, WI) to be the local area for community engagement. Data sources for this part are student survey, employee survey, business survey, UW-Superior website, and the data compiled by CCEL. It should be noted that impact of community engagement is difficult to quantify. The study followed CCEL guidelines to identify impact areas, namely, education, economic, health, natural resources, culture, law and society, and social justice.
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