The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) has a long and deep history of community engaged scholarship. For over 50 years, the university, a member of the ACLS Research University Consortium, boasted the only department of community studies in the United States. Beyond that department, scholars across disciplines have worked closely with community partners and organizations to create transformative scholarship, often involving students. However, it is only since 2023 that UCSC has offered official recognition of that scholarship through tenure and promotion guidelines that support faculty members who do community engaged research and teaching.
Read UCSC Community Engaged Scholarship Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion online via the American Council of Learned Societies.