Community Engagement Professional Credential
Campus Compact’s Community Engagement Professional Credential recognizes and develops higher education professionals’ expertise in civic and community engagement through rigorous, competency-based certification.
Funder: Campus Compact
Due Dates: Applications expected to reopen Spring 2025 (program currently paused for redesign)
Funding Amounts: $60 application fee per credential; no direct funding, but credentialing and digital badges awarded
Summary: Credentialing program recognizing and developing the skills of community engagement professionals in higher education through competency-based courses and certification.
Key Information: Program applications are paused and expected to resume in Spring 2025 after an overhaul.
Description
Campus Compact’s Community Engagement Professional Credential program provides a structured pathway for professionals in higher education civic and community engagement to earn formal recognition for their knowledge, skills, and commitments. The program offers asynchronous, cohort-based courses across a range of essential and elective competency areas, awarding digital badges for each completed credential. Upon earning five credentials (three essential and two elective), participants may submit a capstone portfolio for full certification, demonstrating advanced competency and commitment to best practices, equity, and integrity in the field.
