Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.59
Liaison Maria Ayala
Submission Date Dec. 26, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.62 / 5.00 Karla Diaz
Faculty
PASEM
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Part 1 

Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount; part-time students, continuing education, and/or graduate students may be excluded):
8,862

Number of students engaged in community service (headcount):
1,305

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
14.73

Part 2 

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)? (if data not available, respond 'No'):
Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed during the most recent one-year period:
104,400

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student :
11.78

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.usfq.edu.ec/programas_academicos/pregrado/colegio_general/aprendizaje_servicio/Paginas/default.aspx

None
Does the institution include community service achievements on student transcripts?:
Yes

Does the institution provide incentives for employees to participate in community service (on- or off-campus)? (Incentives may include voluntary leave, compensatory time, or other forms of positive recognition):
Yes

None
A brief description of the institution’s employee community service initiatives:
You must include community engagement in all projects for approval.

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
USFQ students are involved with the community in two main ways: a class directed to volunteerism (it is a 4 credit class) and community work through each academic department through community engagement (vinculación). As for community work through academic departments, this involvement with the community includes all health clinics and its brigades (dental, health, veterinarian), law services, as well as data compilation for sustainable or health activities. This credit is also a requirement by the Ecuadorian Higher education accreditation identity SENECYT.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.