Great Cities-Great Service Consortium: Preliminary Assessment Report: Academic Years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009

The Great Cities ~ Great Service Consortium is a multiyear program funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and led by Otterbein College in partnership with Ohio Campus Compact and The University of Cincinnati. The consortium of fourteen Ohio campuses engages college students, urban K-12 youth, and community partners in innovative volunteer, service-learning, and community-based research projects to increase the connectedness urban youth feel toward their communities. This report summarizes the assessment measures for the academic years 2007-2008 and 2008- 2009. This report is being written while the spring 2009 classes are continuing, so additional data will be added to the 2008-2009 academic year. A third year (for academic year 2009-2010) will also be implemented, pending approval from the Corporation of National and Community Service. Once collected, the additional data will be added to this report and finalized upon completion of the grant activity. This report comprises of mostly descriptive statistics, with some inferential statistics when appropriate The purpose of this report is to assess a wide range of indicators, including college students, K-12 urban youth, and community partners.