Bobbie Laur

Campus Compact

Biographical Abstracts

Bobbie Laur is president of Campus Compact, the nation’s largest national organization dedicated to higher education civic and community engagement. Campus Compact’s mission is to advance the public purposes of colleges and universities by deepening their ability to improve community life and educating students for civic and social responsibility. Laur’s passion, research, and work have been grounded in the place-based mission of higher education and the necessity of developing mutually beneficial partnerships to address the needs for the communities and neighborhoods in which universities and colleges are located.  With deep experience in the institutionalization of community engagement and creating institution-wide strategies to advance the work, Laur has counseled and supported campuses throughout the country in creating sustainable structures and pathways to strengthen civic and community engagement. She previously served as the executive director of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities and held administrative roles at Towson University and San Diego State University.

Areas of Expertise

• Institutionalizing community engagement
• Community-engaged partnerships
• Governance and strategic planning
• Field building and collective impact