Developed by individuals from seven institutions and organizations the working paper synthesizes existing program competencies and resources for the community engagement field.
The Core Competencies specifically address the following questions: The center sponsors a yearly summer research institute for departments and academic programs.
The 3rd annual summer conference was held on June 23–24 at the campus of Merrimack College[4] In September 2011, the center had a call for proposals for research on academic programs in community engagement.
Their findings will be presented at the 2012 summer research institute Dr. Dan Sarofian-Butin is the founder of the Center for an Engaged Democracy and the founding dean of the School of Education and an associate professor at Merrimack College.
Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Butin was a middle school math and science teacher and the chief financial officer of Teach for America.