| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.15 |
| Liaison | Laura Young |
| Submission Date | April 14, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Michigan State University
Tier2-2: Community Service on Transcripts
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Karen
McKnight-Casey Retired, Specialist-Curriculum Development Academic Service Learning |
Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
A brief description of the practice:
Michigan State University handles this in three ways:
- All academic departments submit courses for approval through the academic governance process. Courses which consistently require and incorporate service-learning, community and/or civic engagement are approved through academic governance. The course description includes the service-learning requirement. Thus all sections taught, for example, of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures (WRA) 135: Public Life in America: The Service-Learning Writing Project reflect community involvement. The listing of the course by name on the transcript denotes service-learning.
- The Graduate Certificate Program in Community Engagement is credentialed separately on the official transcript.
- The MSU Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (CSLCE) keeps the Official Record of Service for all students. Academic/course imbedded, curricular service-learning and co-curricular service, service-learning and community engagement are tracked, verified and credentialed through the CSLCE.
The website URL where information about the practice is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Additional Websites that reflect the Michigan State University narrative (above) regarding documenting student achievements in service and community, civic engagement are:
http://www.reg.msu.edu/Courses/Request.asp?CourseID=346581,
http://outreach.msu.edu/gradcert/,
http://www.servicelearning.msu.edu/students/record-of-service
Additional Websites that reflect the Michigan State University narrative (above) regarding documenting student achievements in service and community, civic engagement are:
http://www.reg.msu.edu/Courses/Request.asp?CourseID=346581,
http://outreach.msu.edu/gradcert/,
http://www.servicelearning.msu.edu/students/record-of-service
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.