About VCC

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Why VCC and Higher Education

Compelling Reasons to Pursue the Goals of VCC

VCC Outcomes, Impact, And Accomplishments

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VCC Outcomes, Impact ...

In Communities

  • VCC members formed more than 670 partnerships with local, state and international organizations and agencies.
  • 75% of those community agencies reported more community needs being met as a result of their higher education partnership.
  • 85% of community partner agencies reported improved relationship with higher education as a result of VCC activities.

On Students

  • An estimated 25% of the approximately 30,000 college and university students on VCC campuses engage in course-based service-learning each year.
  • Another 44% are active in community service activities annually, through co-curricular and work-study service programs and internships, compared to 31% nationally.
  • These students contributed more than 250,000 hours of service last year.
  • 93% of students participating in VCC-sponsored dialogues reported increased interest in future public participation, as well as increased tolerance, respect, and appreciation for differences.
  • Over 300 students served as part-time AmeriCorps members with VCC, completing over 160,000 hours of service, recruiting more than 7,000 additional students and others to volunteer in the community, and earning over $500,000 towards their tuition or student loans.
  • Southern Vermont College reports an increase in course and paper grades for students who participate in service-learning versus students who do not participate;
  • Data also show service-learning is effective in keeping SVC first generation college students in school.

At Institutions

  • The number of faculty integrating community-based teaching has increased 5 fold since VCC began.
  • 21% of VCC member faculty teach service-learning, compared to 13% nationally.
  • 97% of service learning faculty say their students learn more as a result of service-learning.
  • 100% of VCC member institutions offer service-learning courses.
  • The number of service-learning classes in Vermont has jumped 500% since VCC was founded.
  • Service-learning has been integrated into more than 100 different departments or programs.

…and Accomplishments

VCC raised nearly $2,500,000 to support campus-based service, service-learning and civic engagement efforts since 1999, and provided over $450,000 in campus and faculty grants.

Over 2500 faculty, staff, and students have participated in VCC training/professional development events. 97% of faculty participants reported VCC helped them to deliver high quality service-learning courses.

VCC reached more than 12,000 college and university students since fall of 2002.

Over 5000 VCC staff hours provided training, technical assistance, instruction and support for students.

Vermont Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA members serving at the different colleges have worked with over 400 community partners and mobilized over 6000 volunteers to complete more than 120,000 additional hours of service. Vermont Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA members have worked to build capacity and infrastructure to help colleges work more effectively with the community.

In one year, VCC distributed over 3,000 handbooks, journals, toolkits, newsletters, and other publications to members with the latest information on effective practices and partnerships.