Community Engagement Professional Credentialing
Community Engagement Professional Credentialing supports emerging professionals, faculty, and staff through competency-based learning and certification to strengthen ethical, equitable community engagement.
Funder: Campus Compact
Due Dates: Anytime (Self-paced enrollment) | Every three months (Facilitated cohort starts)
Funding Amounts: Fee-based credentialing, not research funding; self-paced courses $75–$150, facilitated courses $100–$125
Summary: Competency-based professional learning and certification for people developing or advancing their community engagement practice.
Key Information: Facilitated cohorts require affiliation with a Campus Compact member campus; campus integration is member-campus only.
Description
Campus Compact’s Community Engagement Professional Credentialing program offers a flexible, research-informed pathway to deepen expertise, strengthen practice, and formally recognize community engagement skills. It serves aspiring and emerging professionals as well as established faculty and staff. This is a professional learning and recognition program rather than funding for research or project work.
Participants earn digital microcredential badges by completing competency-based courses and demonstrating mastery through assessments. Courses address community engagement fundamentals, partnerships, teaching and learning, engaged research, and critical commitments. The curriculum emphasizes ethical practice, equitable community-university relationships, reciprocity, and shared decision-making. Participants may earn individual badges relevant to their work or combine five microcredentials with a capstone to pursue full certification. Learning options include self-paced study, facilitated cohorts, and campus-tailored programs.
