CCE Learning Outcomes
What does putting learning into action for the common good mean? We help break it down for you through shared learning outcomes across CCE programs and ample opportunities to reflect on your learning and experiences.
Our learning outcomes are broken down into three areas: civic knowledge, civic skills, and civic identities.
Civic Knowledge
We cultivate students’ civic knowledge by asking:
What systems and structures do students need to understand to work effectively with communities?
CCE experiences help students forge meaningful relationships that challenge assumptions and inspire students to expand their understanding of complex social systems and how social change works.
Civic Skills
We build students’ civic skills by asking:
What practices and abilities help students collaborate with others in ethical ways?
CCE experiences provide opportunities for students to develop and hone skills that allow them to contribute effectively with others—like how to enter diverse communities respectfully, facilitate groups effectively, and get things done in teams that include people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Civic Identities
We help strengthen students’ civic identities and commitments by asking:
Who are students in their local and global communities?
What do students care about, and how will they engage?
Ultimately, CCE experiences spark students’ commitment to be contributors in our world going forward. Instead of waiting for an ideal world, they know that taking action—imperfectly in the here and now—is how we function as a democracy and design a more just world.