Community engagement in the classroom can take several forms such as engaged scholarship, service learning, and philanthropy. Each of these activities connects course material with the immediate community, creating a multi-directional discourse. In this article we explain and provide a program evaluation of the Student Philanthropy and Community Engagement Program (SPCEP) run in a wide variety of classes at Oakland University in Michigan. The results indicate that SPCEP is effectively increasing students’ philanthropic inclinations while also increasing their engagement with and knowledge of the local community. These findings have important implications for the classroom, university reputation, and the local community.

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学生慈善和社区参与：项目评估

课堂中的社区参与可以采取多种形式，例如参与奖学金、服务学习和慈善事业。这些活动中的每一个都将课程材料与直接社区联系起来，创造了一个多方向的话语。在本文中，我们解释并提供了对密歇根州奥克兰大学各种班级中开展的学生慈善和社区参与计划 (SPCEP) 的计划评估。结果表明，SPCEP 有效地提高了学生的慈善倾向，同时也增加了他们对当地社区的参与和了解。这些发现对课堂、大学声誉和当地社区具有重要意义。