Opening Session: Senior Leadership Panel Discussion

Open to the Public

Join the 2021 Collaboratory Summit opening session to hear from a panel of Senior Leaders who are leveraging Collaboratory at their institutions.  The panel will discuss the importance of community engagement data to fuel campus and community success. ...

Administrator Breakouts at the Summit

Admins Only

We are excited to offer a series of four dialogues for our Collaboratory Administrators during our ...

Closing Session: The State of Collaboratory

Open to the Public

The Collaboratory team is excited to provide, for the first time, a high-level overview of Collaboratory data and cultural trends across our network of 40+ colleges and universities. ...

Assessment Institute: Advancing P-12 Engagement through Data: An Indiana University System Approach

Participants will learn from a panel of faculty, staff, and students who are involved in this initiative. Presenters will share the background of the system-wide initiative, how they are aligning their individual campuses to contribute, internal and external stakeholders involved, and data collection and dissemination efforts. ...

Assessment Institute: Presenting the Anti-Racism Scorecard – Operationalizing Anti-Racism in Higher Education Community Engagement

This presentation will share our journey to develop the Anti-Racist Community Engagement Scorecard, a set of metrics to assess and measure anti-racist engagement and practices in higher education community engagement. ...

Assessment Institute: Re-Imagining Benchmarking as Stewards of Place: Identifying Peers in the Context of Communities

What constitutes a “peer” for institutions that consider themselves to be Stewards of Place and who want to understand their impacts within the context of their community partnerships? This session will introduce the idea of Placemarking, which enhances traditional benchmarking methodologies and metrics to also include the community context in which institutions reside (socioeconomic and demographic indicators) as well as how institutions work in partnership with their communities (e.g., its people, organizations, issues, and assets). Placemarking allows institutions to better align their identity and image, advocate on behalf of both institutional and community priorities, and foster collaborative planning. ...

Assessment Institute: Aligning higher education community engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals

This workshop will introduce a framework for aligning community engagement efforts with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Higher education is uniquely positioned to respond to the SDGs, particularly through the work faculty, staff, and students conduct alongside community partners to address pressing needs and respond to evolving challenges. ...

Assessment Institute: Building a Culture of Community Engagement Through Data – Planning for Success

This presentation will share an analysis of how 40+ institutions are actively working to build a culture of engagement through the strategic collection and use of engagement data on their campuses. ...

The Next Frontier: Innovating with Open Data on Engagement

Open to the Public

We are thrilled to announce the official launch of Collaboratory’s Open Dataset! Join us to learn more about a newly available, publicly accessible administrative dataset containing over 3000 community engagement and public service activities and relationships from across 40+ U.S. higher education institutions.  ...

Collaboratory Scholars Meeting

The Collaboratory Scholars meet monthly to explore new ways of thinking about Collaboratory and higher education community engagement. ...

Collaboratory Coffee Break: Decentralizing & Expanding Collaboratory’s Use on Campus

Admins Only

As institutions’ use of Collaboratory continues beyond the first year of implementation, administrators are often faced with the need to expand Collaboratory’s use across their campus and de-silo it from within their engagement-centered office or center. This webinar will explore ways administrators can increase the institutionalization of Collaboratory, identify individuals throughout campus to assist with the work, and increase data collection and use. ...

Collaboratory Scholars Meeting

The Collaboratory Scholars meet monthly to explore new ways of thinking about Collaboratory and higher education community engagement. ...