12 Facts About Campus Compact

Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents, committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education.

Campus Compact has members mostly throughout the United States, but has members in many US Territories and countries outside of the US as well.

Campus Compact was co-founded in 1985 by the presidents of Brown, Georgetown and Stanford universities, and Frank Newman, the former president of the Education Commission of the States.

In 1988, the first two state Compact affiliates were formed to provide greater support to campuses and build regional and local networks.

Campus Compact launched the Integrating Service with Academic Study initiative, which funded grants and workshops to support colleges interested in building service-learning into their institutions.

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Campus Compact began a series of publications that documented the effects of service learning and provided resources to help faculty and departments build their own programs and curricula.

In 2002, Campus Compact launched the Raise Your Voice campaign, the Compact's first national effort to work with students themselves.

In 2005, the 20th year of its existence, Campus Compact had grown to 32 state affiliates and more than 1000 member campuses.

Over time, the Campus Compact has grown from a presidents' organization to one that supports the work of a variety of constituencies - college presidents, faculty, staff, students and community partners.

In 2009, Campus Compact moved its national office from the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island to the Downtown Crossing district of Boston, Massachusetts.

In 2016, Campus Compact celebrated their 30th anniversary and circulated an Action Statement.

The Fusion Course created by Campus Compact aims to provide critical training and support for faculty as they adapt to online teaching.