Clinton School of Public Service-Center on Community Philanthropy

The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service gives students the knowledge and experience to further their careers in the areas of nonprofit, governmental, volunteer, or private sector service.

While learning valuable lessons in the classroom, Clinton School students also complete “hands-on” public service projects, ranging from local work in Arkansas communities to international projects on all of the world’s six inhabited continents.

A two-year graduate program with a “real world” curriculum, the Clinton School is located on the grounds of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in Little Rock, Ark. The school embodies former President Clinton’s vision of building leadership in civic engagement and enhancing people’s capacity to work across disciplinary, racial, ethnic, and geographical boundaries.

From the time the Clinton School of Public Service was first developed, a focus on “philanthropy” was intended as a unique and specialized aspect of global public service. If, indeed, giving/dedicating one’s career and life energies to serving humankind is the goal of public service, the giving to others of one’s time, resources and wealth takes that notion to another level.