University of Wisconsin-Madison
EN-13: Community Service

Data was obtained from 4 sources: Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (https://www.leadershipstudy.net/about#participating-campuses; 2018 data, currently not publicly released) - This survey (using a representative sample) provided data on the percent of students who participate in some type of community service in a typical month (44.12%, used to respond to Part 1). - The survey also asked respondents to indicate hours of community service performed in a typical month across a number of categories * To avoid potential double-counting with recorded (not survey) data below, the response for Part 2 only included data on community service performed with organizations unaffiliated with UW-Madison or on students own time. * Respondents were asked to respond to ranges of hours served per month (0, 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, or 16-20), total hours of service performed used averages of each range (i.e., 0, 3, 8, 13, 18) and only counted 7 months for service performed during a typical academic year Badger Volunteers (https://morgridge.wisc.edu/students/badger-volunteers/) - Badger Volunteers tracks actual hours served and reported 31,515 hrs for FY18 Community-Based Learning Courses (https://morgridge.wisc.edu/students/community-based-learning/) - Community-based learning courses are required to include at least 25 hours of service for each enrolled students - In total, 101,575 hours of service were estimated from community-based learning courses (4,063 students enrolled in community-based learning courses in FY18, each performing at least 25 hours of service) Badgers Give Back (https://uwbadgers.com/sports/2018/7/16/badgers-give-back.aspx): Badgers Give Back is the community service program of UW-Madison Athletics. They track actual hours served and reported 4,342 hrs for FY18.