The American Democracy Project (ADP) is a multi-campus initiative focused on higher education’s role in preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens for our democracy. The project began in 2003 as an initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), in partnership with The New York Times.
Missouri Campus Compact
Missouri Campus Compact is a statewide coalition of university and college presidents dedicated "to helping students develop the values and skills of civic participation through involvement in public service" (quotes are taken from the "Basic Tenets" of the national Campus Compact). Our State Compact currently has 38 members, with representatives from each of the categories of four-year public, four-year private, and two-year colleges and universities.
While Missouri Campus Compact is the primary contact for Missouri institutions of higher education interested in civic engagement, there is a national organization, Campus Compact (http://www.compact.org), which currently has over 1,000 members. The focus of the national and state organizations, as well as the member institutions, however, is the same: to promote a vision for higher education "that supports not only the civic development of students, but the campus as citizen as well." In short, the Compact seeks to achieve its goals primarily by providing resources to advance service-learning and civic engagement on campuses across the state.