Talloires Network
The Talloires Network is an international association of institutions committed to strengthening the civic roles and social responsibilities of higher education.[1] University civic engagement and social responsibility means: educating future leaders for change; mobilizing university professors and students to address pressing societal issues, to combat poverty, and to improve public health; and adopting socially and environmentally responsible institutional policies and practices.
In September 2005, 29 higher education leaders from 23 countries gathered at the Tufts University European Center in Talloires, France, for the first international gathering of heads of higher education institutions devoted to strengthening their civic roles and social responsibilities. They crafted the Talloires Declaration on the Civic Roles and Social Responsibilities of Higher Education, a consensus vision for the future of this work. The Talloires Declaration states: "Our institutions recognize that we do not exist in isolation from society, nor from the communities in which we are located. Instead, we carry a unique obligation to listen, understand, and contribute to social transformation and development." They formed the Talloires Network to promote action around the principles of the proclamation. As of May 2015, 350 colleges and universities in 75 countries have signed the Declaration and are members of the Talloires Network.
The Talloires Network secretariat is based at Tufts University and directed by Rob Hollister. The Talloires Network hosts conferences, produces publications on university civic engagement, provides financial and technical support to regional university networks, and awards the annual MacJannet Prize for university student civic engagement initiatives. Current and recent financial supporters include: The MasterCard Foundation, Santander Universities, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Walmart Foundation, Pearson Foundation, MacJannet Foundation, Ishiyama Foundation, and Tufts University.
Programs
The MacJannet Prize
The MacJannet Prize was established by the Talloires Network and the MacJannet Foundation to recognize exceptional student community engagement initiatives at Talloires Network member universities and contributes financially to their ongoing public service efforts.
The MacJannet Prize aims to:
- Recognize and encourage exceptional student community engagement and community service
- Financially support the ongoing work of university-based civic initiatives
- Elevate innovative civic engagement program models and disseminate them throughout the Network as examples of promising practices
- Strengthen public support for the global civic engagement movement in higher education
- Champion the values and extend the legacy of Donald and Charlotte MacJannet, who devoted their lives to fostering international understanding
- Promote action around the principles of the Talloires Declaration, which recommends steps to elevate the civic engagement of universities around the world
Community engagement initiatives at Talloires Network member institutions are eligible to be nominated. The nomination and award process is held February through May each year.
Youth Economic Participation Initiative (YEPI)
In 2012, the Talloires Network launched a new $5.9 million global initiative in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation. This Youth Economic Participation Initiative (YEPI) aims to address the global crisis in youth unemployment by supporting the efforts of universities in developing countries to develop and test innovative university-led models that enable upper-year university students and recent alumni to accelerate their transition to the work force. The Talloires Network awarded eight Demonstration Grants of $350,000 to $465,000 to these universities: Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico), Universidad Austral (Chile), University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe), University of Cape Town (South Africa), University of Rwanda (Rwanda), National University of Malaysia (Malaysia), Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan), and the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (Burkina Faso). The Talloires Network supports these partner institutions in evaluating and learning from their efforts, and in encouraging the exchange of knowledge on this topic through the creation of a global Community of Practice.
University Volunteer Program
The Talloires Network (TN) and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) operate the University Volunteer Program to promote global civic engagement and community building through the international exchange of student volunteers within the Talloires Network member institutions. The program aims to instill long-term values of civic engagement and social responsibility in the volunteers such that they continue to contribute to their local communities and apply their experiences wherever they may go.
Volunteers must be enrolled Talloires University member students and participate in six-month-long assignments at a university in a country different from their own. Students will collaborate in activities that promote civic engagement and social responsibility with local communities. Participating universities are: Ahfad University (Sudan), University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico), Universidad Senor de Sipán (Peru), Pontifica Universidad Javeriana de Cali (Colombia), Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Chile), Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain), and University of Western Sydney (Australia).
Regional Perspectives on University Civic Engagement Program
Fourteen member universities participated are collaborating on a project meant to analyze the civic mission of the universities in different regional contexts. Participants included representatives from the following universities: University of Glasgow (Scotland), University of Venda (South Africa), Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), International Medical University (Malaysia), American University in Cairo (Egypt), Auburn University (United States), University of Western Sydney (Australia), and Tufts University. This program was facilitated in partnership with the Kettering Foundation.
Regional Partners
- AsiaEngage
- Campus Compact
- Campus Engage
- CLAYSS: The Latin American Center for Service-Learning
- Engagement Australia
- The Ma’an Arab University Alliance for Civic Engagement
- Pakistan Chapter of the Talloires Network
- Service Learning Asia Network
- South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum (SAHECEF)
- University Social Responsibility Network (China and beyond)
Publications
Current Publications
- The Engaged University: International Perspectives on Civic Engagement by David Watson, Robert Hollister, Susan Stroud, and Elizabeth Babcock (Routledge, 2011).
- "The Talloires Network: A Global Coalition of Engaged Universities" published in The Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement by Robert Hollister, John Pollock, Mark Gearan, Janice Reid, Susan Stroud, and Elizabeth Babcock (2012)
- Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity and Environment by Lorlene Hoyt (Vanderbilt University Press, April 2013)
Forthcoming Publications
- "Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Expanding Global Movement of Engaged Universities" by Robert Hollister and Lorlene Hoyt in Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education: Rethinking Social Responsibility (Palgrave Macmillan, Spring 2013)
Papers-in-Progress
- An essay for "Institutionalizing the Civic" by Robert Hollister for Bringing Theory To Practice’s Civic Provocations series, edited by Jill Reich
- An article entitled "Chasing the Tail: Community-based Learning, Civic Engagement and Student Protest in Revolutionary Egypt" by Amy Newcomb Rowe and Martin Timothy Rowe for a special issue of Critical Sociology (A Critical Assessment of Community-Based Research); Special issue editors are Dave Overfelt of the Rochester Institute of Technology and Patricia Molina Costa of MIT’s Community Innovators Lab.
Steering Committee
- Anthony P. Monaco, Tufts University (Chair)
- Cheryl de la Rey, University of Pretoria (South Africa)(Vice Chair)
- Ernest Aryeetey, University of Ghana
- Engr. Muhammad Asghar, National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan)
- Lisa Anderson, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
- Mark Gearan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (United States)
- Sara Ladron de Guevara, Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico)
- Lorraine McIlrath, National University of Ireland, Galway
- Olive Mugenda, Kenyatta University (Kenya)
- Andrew Petter, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
- Maria Nieves Tapia, Latin American Center for Service-Learning (Argentina)
- Timothy Tong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Andrew Vann, Charles Sturt University (Australia)
Current members
Africa
- Ahfad University for Women (Sudan) *
- Ashesi University (Ghana)
- Bayero University (Nigeria)
- Botho College (Botswana)
- Busitema University (Uganda)
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa) *
- Central University of Technology, Free State (South Africa)
- Christian Service University College, Kumsai (Ghana)
- Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal)
- Cuttington University (Liberia)
- Durban University of Technology (South Africa)
- Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (Nigeria)
- International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (Burkina Faso)
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Kenya)
- Kenyatta University (Kenya)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana)
- Makerere University (Uganda)
- Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (Nigeria)
- Midlands State University (Zimbabwe)
- Monash South Africa
- Mekelle University (Ethiopia)
- Mount Kenya University (Kenya)
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Tanzania)
- Mzumbe University (Tanzania)
- National University of Lesotho (Lesotho)
- National University of Rwanda (Rwanda)
- North-West University (South Africa)
- Regent University College of Science and Technology (Ghana)
- Rhodes University (South Africa)
- St. Mary's University College, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
- Strathmore University (Kenya)
- Tangaza University College (Kenya)
- Tertiary School in Business Administration (South Africa)
- Umutara Polytechnic (Rwanda)
- Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
- University for Development Studies (Ghana) *
- University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (Nigeria)
- University of Cape Coast (Ghana)
- University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) *
- University of Fort Hare (South Africa)
- University of Ghana (Ghana)
- University of Johannesburg (South Africa)
- University of Mines and Technology (Ghana)
- University of Nairobi (Kenya)
- University of Pretoria (South Africa)
- University of South Africa (South Africa)
- University of the Free State (South Africa)
- University of Venda (South Africa)
- University of the Western Cape (South Africa)
- University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
- University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)
- Vaal University of Technology (South Africa)
- Walter Sisulu University (South Africa)
East Asia and Pacific
- An Giang University (Vietnam) *
- Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
- Australian Catholic University (Australia)
- Central Queensland University (Australia)
- Charles Darwin University (Australia)
- Deakin University (Australia)
- De La Salle University (Philippines)
- Edith Cowan University (Australia)
- Hong Kong Baptist University (China)
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China)
- Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (Ireland)
- International Medical University (Malaysia)
- Korea University (South Korea) *
- Lingnan University (China)
- National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)
- National University of Laos (Laos)
- National University of Samoa (Samoa)
- Notre Dame of Marbel University (Philippines) *
- Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
- Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)
- Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (Indonesia)
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia)
- Universiti Putra Malaysia (Malaysia)
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)
- Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia)
- University of Ballarat (Australia) *
- University of Canberra (Australia)
- University of Melbourne (Australia)
- University of Hong Kong (China)
- University of Melbourne (Australia)
- University of Malaya (Malaysia)
- University of Newcastle (Australia)
- University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)
- University of the East (Philippines)
- University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia)
- University of Western Sydney (Australia) *
- Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
- Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan (Philippines)
Europe and Central Asia
- Al-Farabi University (Kazakhstan)
- American College of Thessaloniki (Greece)
- Anadolu University (Turkey)
- Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
- Azerbaijan Technical University (Azerbaijan)
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK)
- Dublin City University (Ireland)
- Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)
- Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (Ireland)
- Glasgow Caledonian University (UK)
- Institute of Entrepreneurship and Service (Tajikistan)
- Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (Ireland)
- Institute of Technology, Tralee (Ireland)
- Jacobs University (Germany)
- Karaganda State Technical University (Kazakhstan)
- Karshi Engineering Economics Institute (Uzbekistan)
- Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (Kazakhstan)
- Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law (Ukraine)
- Limerick Institute of Technology (Ireland)
- Liverpool Hope University (UK)
- London Metropolitan University (UK) *
- Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University (Ukraine)
- Malmö University (Sweden)
- Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)
- Mykolayiv State Agrarian University (Ukraine)
- National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)
- Newcastle University (UK)
- Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture (Ukraine)
- Open Universiteit Nederland (The Netherlands)
- The Open University (UK)
- Oxford Brookes University (UK)
- Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University (Ukraine)
- Pryazovskyi State Technical University (Ukraine)
- Roehampton University (UK)
- South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
- The Open University (UK) *
- Ternopil National Economic University (Ukraine)
- Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland)
- Universidad de Autonoma de Madrid (Spain)
- Universidad de Valladolid (Spain)
- Universitat de Lleida (Spain)
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain)
- Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain)
- University of Bologna (Italy)
- University of Bradford (UK)
- University of Brighton (UK) *
- University of Central Asia (Kyrgyz Republic)
- University of Geneva (Switzerland)
- University of Latvia (Latvia)
- University of Limerick (Ireland)
- University of Novi Sad (Serbia) *
- University of Plymouth (UK)
- University of Rijeka (Croatia)
- University of Salford (UK)
- University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UK)
- University of Winchester (UK)
- Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (Russia)
- Voronzeh State University (Russia)
- Zaporizhzhya National University (Ukraine)
Latin America & Caribbean
- Ecole Supérieure d'Infotronique d'Haïti (Haiti)
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)
- Universidad Austral de Chile (Chile)
- Universidad Católica de Córdoba (Argentina)
- Universidad Católica de Temuco (Chile) *
- Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez (Chile)
- Universidad Central de Chile (Chile)
- Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela)
- Universidad César Vallejo (Perú)
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Universidad de Chile (Chile)
- Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
- Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
- Universidad de Falcón (Venezuela)
- Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico)
- Universidad de La Habana (Cuba) *
- Universidad del Sagrado Corazon (Puerto Rico)
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (Chile)
- Universidad del Valle (Colombia)
- Universidad de Valparaíso (Chile)
- Universidad Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacín (Venezuela)
- Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
- Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (Brazil)
- Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Brazil)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Brazil)
- Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (Brazil) *
- Universidad Metropolitana en Caracas (Venezuela)
- Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educacion (Chile)
- Universidad Metropolitana en Caracas (Venezuela) *
- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (Mexico)
- Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (Argentina) *
- Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina)
- Universidad Rafael Urdaneta (Venezuela)
- Universidad Señor de Sipán (Peru)
- Universidad Valle del Momboy (Venezuela)
- Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico)
- University of the West Indies (West Indies)
- Universidad Xochicalco (Mexico)
Middle East and North Africa
- Al-Quds University (Palestine) *
- American University in Cairo (Egypt) *
- American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
- American University of Kuwait (Kuwait)
- American University of Sharjah (UAE)
- Arab International University (Syria)
- Beit Berl College (Israel)
- Birzeit University (Palestine)
- Dubai School of Government (UAE)
- Effat University (Saudi Arabia)
- Lebanese American University (Lebanon)
- Lebanese International University (Lebanon)
- Notre Dame University - Louaize (Lebanon)
- Qatar University (Qatar)
- Ruppin Academic Center (Israel)
- Université Saint-Joseph (Lebanon) *
- University of Haifa (Israel) *
- Islamic Online University (Qatar)
North America
- Adler School of Professional Psychology (USA)
- Alfred State College (USA)
- Amherst College (USA)
- American University (USA)
- Arizona State University (USA)
- Auburn University (USA)
- Augsburg College (USA)
- Bard College (USA)
- Bates College (USA)
- Berea College (USA)
- Brown University (USA)
- California State University, Channel Islands (USA)
- California State University, Fresno (USA)
- California State University, Monterey Bay (USA)
- California State University, San Marcos (USA)
- Carleton University (Canada)
- Community College of Allegheny County (USA)
- Concordia University (Canada)
- Cottey College (USA)
- De Anza College (USA)
- Defiance College (USA)
- Drexel University (USA)
- Duke University (USA)
- Elms College (USA)
- Fairfield University (USA)
- Georgetown University (USA) *
- The George Washington University (USA)
- Hobart and William Smith College (USA) *
- Houghton College (USA)
- Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (USA)
- Keuka College (USA)
- Lincoln Memorial University (USA)
- Lock Haven University (USA)
- Long Island University (USA)
- Loyola University New Orleans (USA)
- Michigan State University (USA)
- New York University (USA)
- Northern Kentucky University (USA)
- Occidental College (USA)
- Pitzer College (USA)
- Portland State University (USA)
- Purdue University North Central (USA)
- Rutgers University – Newark (USA)
- San Francisco State University (USA)
- Simon Fraser University (Canada)
- Smith College (USA)
- Southern Oregon University (USA)
- Syracuse University (USA)
- Tufts University (USA) *
- Tulane University (USA)
- University of British Columbia (Canada)
- University of Delaware (USA)
- University of Guelph (Canada)
- University of Kansas (USA)
- University of Manitoba (Canada)
- University of Minnesota (USA)
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (USA)
- University of North Florida (USA)
- University of Ottawa (USA)
- University of Richmond (USA)
- University of San Francisco (USA)
- University of Victoria (Canada)
- Wagner College (USA)
- Warren Wilson College (USA)
- Wartburg College (USA)
- Westfield State University (USA)
- Wheelock College (USA)
- Widener University (USA)
- Winona State University (USA)
- Winthrop University (USA)
South Asia
- Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (Pakistan)
- Aga Khan University (Pakistan) *
- Agricultural University (Peshawar) (Pakistan)
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow (India)
- Bahria University (Pakistan)
- Beaconhouse National University (Pakistan)
- Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Khuzdar (Pakistan)
- Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (Pakistan)
- COMSATS Institute of Technology (Pakistan)
- Dow University of Health Sciences (Pakistan)
- Dr. D.Y. Patil University, Pune (India)
- Fatima Jinnah Women University (Pakistan)
- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (Pakistan)
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (Pakistan)
- Gomal University (Pakistan)
- Govt. College University, Faisalabad (Pakistan)
- Greenwich University (Pakistan)
- Heavy Industries Taxila Education City (HITEC) University (Pakistan)
- Indus University (Pakistan)
- Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (Pakistan)
- Institute of Business and Technology (Pakistan)
- Institute of Space Technology (Pakistan)
- Iqra University (Pakistan)
- Islamia University (Pakistan)
- Karakoram International University (Pakistan)
- KASBIT (Pakistan)
- Khyber Medical University (Pakistan)
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar (Pakistan)
- Kinnaird College for Women (Pakistan)
- King Edward Medical University, Lahore (Pakistan)
- Lahore College for Women University (Pakistan)
- Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan)
- National Law School of India University (India)
- National University of Modern Languages (Pakistan)
- National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan)
- NED University of Engineering and Technology (Pakistan)
- Nepal College of Development Studies (Nepal)
- NWFP University of Engineering and Technology (Pakistan)
- Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil University (India)
- Panjab University (India)
- Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
- Rajarata University (Sri Lanka)
- Riphah International University (Pakistan)
- Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology (Pakistan)
- Shah Abdul Latif University (Pakistan)
- Sindh Agriculture University (Pakistan)
- SNDT Women's University (India) *
- Sukkur Institute of Business Administration (Pakistan)
- Thapar University (India)
- University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan)
- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffrarabad (Pakistan)
- University of Faisalabad (Pakistan)
- University of Haripur (Pakistan)
- University of Health Sciences, Lahore (Pakistan)
- University of Lahore (Pakistan)
- University of Sargodha (Pakistan)
- University of Sindh (Pakistan)
- University of the Punjab (Pakistan)
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Pakistan)
- Virtual University of Pakistan (Pakistan)
- Ziauddin University (Pakistan)
(*) Denotes university as one of the original 29 signatories to the Talloires Declaration at the 2005 Talloires Conference
References
- ↑ "Campus Compact Partners and Funders." Campus Compact. 2007. <http://www.compact.org/about/funders_partners>.