Abstract
This introduction to the special issue on “The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education” first describes the key role of community service-learning in the civic identity development of American college students and then proposes majors, minors, and certificate programs as important and increasingly popular structures for engaging college students in community service-learning. This introduction also provides an overview of the six feature articles included in the special issue that focus on specific best practices and obstacles in the implementation of such majors, minors, and certificate programs.