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Announcements

Call for Papers: Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community Special Themed Issue: Advocacy in Service-Learning Pedagogy. The Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community (JPIC) provides professionals with up-to-date information on effective programs for community intervention and prevention. If you wish to submit a manuscript to be considered for this JPIC themed issue, please submit the manuscript as soon as possible but no later than August 31 2025. For questions about the special themed issue, contact the Guest Co-Editor: Roger N. Reeb, PhD (rreeb1@udayton.edu).

The Handbook on Education and Civic Engagement is currently accepting chapters, which will be published by Edward Elgar Publishing in late 2026. This volume will focus on research and conceptual book chapters addressing the ways that community engaged scholarship frequently influences the mission statements of institutions of higher education in addition to providing the foundation for the vision and values. Please submit a proposal for your chapter in under 500 words and a brief bio of all authors (approximately 150 words each) by September 12, 2025 to hcoffey@charlotte.edu.

Campus Compact is seeking proposals for the Compact26 annual conference, which will be hosted March 16-18, 2026, in Chicago, IL. Proposals are due October 10, 2025. Proposals should explore the theme "Hope Found Here: Advancing Civic and Community Engagement through Compassion, Action, and Unity."  Learn more and submit your proposal at events.compact.org/compact26.

The Revista de Sociología of Universidad de Chile, together with the Núcleo Sentipensante for Participatory Methodologies, is pleased to invite you to submit contributions to the dossier “The 100th Anniversary of Orlando Fals Bord's Birth: the Legacy of a Feeling-Thinking Sociology.” Inspired by Orlando Fals Borda’s contributions, the 100th anniversary of his birth, and his proposal for Participatory Action Research (PAR), we especially value contributions that link knowledge production with processes of social transformation, dialogue with communities, and ethical and political commitment among different organizations and disciplines. The deadline to submit is November 28, 2025.

The CELTS team at Loyola University Chicago is proud to share our recently published CELTS 2024-25 Annual Impact Report, entitled Catalysts for Change: Transformative Impact through Research, Teaching, and Learning.

The NASPA Civic Learning & Democratic Engagement (CLDE) Knowledge Community is rebuilding its volunteer leadership team and seeking new regional representatives. This KC supports student affairs professionals in advancing civic education, student development, and democratic engagement. All seven regional rep positions are open—view the regional map here—and interested individuals can contact Chair Justin Dandoy at justin.dandoy@pitt.edu for more info.

UNESCO's Multisectoral Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and CLAYSS, Latin American Center for Solidarity Service-Learning, have developed “Solidarity as the future of education. Perspectives from the Ibero-American experience of service-learning”. This publication sets a dialogue between the statements of this document with the theory and practice of solidarity service-learning in Ibero-America, to show that UNESCO's proposal of education for the future is already being implemented in many educational institutions in the region. The book is available for free download on the CLAYSS website and the presentation in English can be viewed here.

The most recent issue of Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ELTHE) has launched, featuring a piece by Bill Heinrich and Patrick Green on the Society for Experiential Education’s 20-month design thinking project on the definitions and principles of experiential learning: Defining Experiential Education for Applications in Higher Education: A Call to Action (Note the website will ask you to register, but it is free).

The latest issue of Metropolitan Universities journal, Vol. 36 No. 1 (2025): Exploring the Role of Higher Education in Prison and Returning Citizens on Campuses and Communities, is now available. Guest editors from Marquette University invite readers to reimagine the civic purposes of higher education through powerful explorations of prison education and reentry programs. Read the full issue here.

The American Sociological Association has launched a new online toolkit, How to Include Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Tenure and Promotion Process, aimed at ensuring that community-engaged sociologists are recognized and rewarded for their scholarship, and that all of those involved in the tenure and promotion review process have the guidance needed to evaluate their work.

Save the date for the 2024 EASLHE Conference, taking place October 16–17 at Utrecht University in the Netherlands! This annual gathering brings together service-learning researchers and practitioners from across Europe—learn more here.

Job Opportunities

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications and nominations for a highly motivated, visionary leader in outreach, community engagement, and engaged scholarship to fulfill the position of Director in the Office of Community Engagement and Outreach (OCEO).