The Peace Corps list can vary from year to year. Here are the results going back 5 years. (I reposted @rayrick 2016 list to put all the links in one place.)
Again, be aware that the size of schools within the various ranges can vary by as much as 3 times, so the percentage participation can be much different than the absolute numbers.
Support for true “active citizenship” (as opposed to political activism) takes many forms and spans many areas
Here are examples of some of the programs at Tufts:
In Engineering-
An Engineers Without Borders organization with projects in developing countries (non engineers welcome)
Several STEM education community outreach programs
A hackathon for increasing the impact of technology on developing countries
In Business -
A social entrepreneurship business plan contest
A social entrepreneurship program
A $100M Microfinace fund (alumni gifted) for supporting businesses in developing countries
Experimental College courses in Microfinancing and Social Marketing
In Sports-
An organization to promote the community service activities of the major sports teams
A marathon training team to raise money for social causes (scaled back after the marathon bombing)
General Programs-
A dedicated College of Citizenship with a $40M (alumni gifted) endowment to fund service programs and research
A dedicated student organization to coordinate community service activities
Other Special Programs-
A 4+1 community service gap year program
A freshman pre-orientation community service program
A graduate loan repayment assistance program for working at service oriented non-profits.
Here are the Washington Monthly sorted lists for Baccalaureate Colleges (lots of the colleges with a religious mission are in this category) and Masters Universities (i.e. they have masters degree programs but not many Phd programs).
US News labels these two categories “regional” colleges and “regional” universities which is misleading.
@eyrar99- I would be careful with that list, if you are interested in “active citizenship” (i.e. @scarednjdad1 type 1’s)
The ranking is based on a student survey conducted by Princeton Review. No mention of sample size or potential sample bias was made. The questions appeared to cover several areas besides community service and the programs mentioned in the context of each school seemed somewhat random. Some of the questions are in the area of “political
activism”, so there is a risk that @scarednjdad1 type 2’s could skew the results.
One should cross check the PR list against the data in the Washington Monthly rank, as well as the evidence based community engagement certification process conducted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (which was referenced by a couple of schools on the list). Inconsistencies can then be investigated.
You also might want to Google the name of each school along with “President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll” that is an honor given to a school for community service by the US Government.
As an example, Brown is ranked #7 on the PR list, but does not appear on the Carnegie list and ranks below 200 on the sorted Washington Monthly list.
If we poke around the web pages for Brown’s Swearer Center for Public Service (featured in the PR rank) we find that 500 students are involved.
If we poke around the web pages for Tufts’ Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service (which was not mentioned in the PR list) we find that 3,100 students participated in community service and that Tufts has made the President’s
Community Service Honor Roll 4 times.
Based on this, It appears that the PR list is not necessarily indicative of “active citizenship”. This isn’t a good or bad thing as long as you are aware of it and factor it into your overall assessment.
Tulane does not automatically come to many people’s minds, but I believe they actually have a community service requirement, and they are very committed to engagement with the greater New Orleans community.
@ScaredNJDad1 I read your post with interest. Can you list some schools which you think fall into your second category? Re what @LBad96 said about Clark being fond of frivolous social protest, it came in at #3 on business insiders list of most socially conscious schools, so I am interested in your perspective. Is it more the case that while some of these colleges engage in silly social protest for fun, they are also committed to real change?
The only school I have first hand knowledge with is Furman University, the 5th ranked school, it is a wonderful school. The Heller Service Corps is an incredible group that serves the city of Greenville in many aspects of community life. Approximately 2/3 of the student body participate in Heller. Some read to children in homeless shelters, assist with homework, hold dances for exceptional adults, mentor school children, foster dogs at the animal shelter, etc.
I have not seen nor heard of the social outrage type of protests we are seeing often on some college campuses.
@Lindagaf I’m not NJDad but when we visited Clark it seemed like a large portion of Clark students are active in community service in the poor region of Worcester in which it is located. They are also involved with the University Park Campus School for under-priveliged students in the area; the Boston Globe ran an article about it which is located at this link (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/22/town_gown_triumph/?page=full).
Mills College completely integrates Social justice into everything. It’s a great school if you’re into SJ a lot, I’ve visited a few times and I love it.