President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, launched in 2006, annually recognizes institutions of higher education for their commitment to and achievement in community service. The President’s Honor Roll increases the public’s awareness of the contributions that colleges and their students make to local communities and the nation as a whole. President Obama has pledged to make service a central cause of his administration and wishes to commemorate the significant role that higher institutions, their students, staff, and faculty play in helping to solve pressing social problems in the nation’s communities.
The Corporation for National and Community Service expects to accept applications for the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll beginning on September 20, 2010. The Corporation will post the application and guidance in mid-September. For more information visit the Honor Roll’s registration site.
2009 Honor Roll Announced
The Corporation for National and Community Service announces the annual Honor Roll award recipients, recognizing more than 700 colleges and universities for exemplary, innovative, and effective community service programs. The Corporation oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the Department of Education, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact and the American Council on Education. Honorees are chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses.
The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service and is supported by the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, the American Council on Education, and other higher education associations.
The President’s Honor Roll distinguishes your institution as a leader in community service and service-learning. It will help:
Recruit students
Earn your schools recognition as a service leader in your community
Garner additional community partnerships
Demonstrate a commitment to strengthening the community
Fulfill your institution’s civic mission
In addition, institutions receive:
Recognition at a national awards ceremony
National and local media attention
Listing on the President’s Honor Roll website
Privacy Policy
You are advised that an applicant institution’s name, as well as all submission material, may be used for news or publicity programs connected with the Corporation for National and Community Service.
College Students Helping America
On October 16th, 2006, the Corporation released the most comprehensive national report ever conducted on college student volunteering in the United States. “College Students Helping America” concludes that college student volunteering increased by approximately 20 percent between 2002 and 2005, as students have become involved in helping their communities. The report presents data on student volunteering and volunteers in an easily accessible format that will be useful to people—whether experienced researchers, policy makers, or just concerned citizens—interested in learning more about volunteering in the states.
“College Students Helping America” is based on statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report includes a state-by-state ranking of college student volunteering.
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