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Norma Cho
Administrative and Financial Services Manager
Room 216
(650) 723–1357
normacho@stanford.edu

This conceptual framework is meant to begin a conversation. While we have drawn from existing practice at the Haas Center and from our colleagues within the field, we hope that this document provides a sense of “boundaries and horizons” for the Haas Center’s strategic planning effort.

Maria Fraboni
Executive Assistant
Room 115
(650) 723–0992
mfraboni@stanford.edu

The following list of resources is a compilation of items that have influenced the development of this conceptual framework. Faculty, staff, and other stakeholders made recommendations as we developed this conceptual framework. We also relied heavily on unpublished historical files retained at the Haas Center for Public Service.

Milton Friedman remarked, “one of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” This caution is especially salient given the nature of public service education. It is essential that we develop rigorous assessment of the impact of Center-wide student and community development activities.

We have thus far focused on the cultivation of students into effective public servants, considering a variety of levels of engagement, distinct pathways, and specific civic competencies. Of equal importance to our strategic planning effort is the development of a shared understanding of our intended community impacts.

We will begin by establishing desired outcomes of our work with Stanford University students. These outcomes are described as six basic civic competencies.

Distinct “levels of engagement” are outlined as an attribute for both student development outcomes and community development activities.

Levels of Engagement – Student Development

The Public Service Pathways is the common attribute related to the programs that we support and/or deliver at the Haas Center. Public service pathways describe a range of possibilities by which we can make a contribution to the common good. These pathways intersect and overlap, demonstrating the interdependent nature inherent in working toward the common good.