Calling the Question: Is Higher Education Really Ready to Commit to Community Engagement?: A Wingspread Statement

The authors describe six promising practices which can address the institutionalization of university engagement and answer their call to commitment: is higher education ready to commit to community engagement? According to the authors, institutions that answer the call will: integrate engagement into the mission of the institution; forge partnerships as the overarching framework for engagement; renew and redefine discovery and scholarship; integrate engagement into teaching and learning; recruit and support new champions; and create radical institutional change.