Center For Community & Learning Partnerships
The Center for Community and Learning Partnerships supports neighborhood concerns while enhancing the educational and professional environment at Wentworth. It is the hub for community service, service learning, and college access and success initiatives at the Institute. Projects and programs facilitated through the Center during the 2007-08 academic year engaged more than 1,800 students who contributed 116,000 hours to community-based work and service. According to the Independent Sector and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a volunteer hour in Massachusetts was valued at $25.47 in 2007. Based on this figure, Wentworth’s service efforts had an estimated economic impact of approximately $3 million for the 2007-08 academic year.
Wentworth's civic engagement work garnered national recognition in 2008, earning the Elective Classification for Campus and Community Engagement from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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