Community-university partnerships: Relationships rooted in reciprocity and mutual benefit between community-based individuals/organizations and university-based faculty, students, and staff.

Engaged research university: A university that works with communities to do research that solves problems and improves everyday life.

Engaged scholarship: Evidence-based work with community partners—research, creative projects, teaching and learning, and service—undertaken with intent and respect to create practical, sustainable societal benefits and publishable scholarly outcomes.

Transdisciplinary scholarship: Research, creative practice, and teaching that bring together experts from different fields and community partners to work together—beyond any single discipline—to generate knowledge that solves real-world problems.