From Community Engagement to Public Impact

If writing op-ed pieces for newspapers such as The New York Times and The Boston Globe is  considered public engagement, why isn’t that considered community engagement as well? Shouldn’t community engagement be part of public engagement? From an institutional perspective, does community engagement require that campuses be active in their local “host” communities, or would communities in cities across the state, country, and around the world count? What are the goals of this engagement? What if your students are from the targeted community? Is the goal to benefit your students, faculty members, community, or a combination of the three?