How do young people grow?
Youth Development
& Outcomes
Social-emotional skills, identity development, and wellbeing.
A research initiative of CEI Impact Foundation
CEREC
Camp Education
Research & Evidence
Collaborative
Advancing knowledge.
Strengthening camps.
Camp education for all.
Better evidence.
Stronger camp education.
We are building a rigorous, independent evidence base for camp education, and making it useful to the people shaping young lives.
Explore a research partnership
OUR RESEARCH FOCUS
Three questions that move the field.
Youth Development
What makes camp education work?
Camp Operations
& Quality
Staff training, programming, safety, leadership, and organizational health.
Who has the opportunity to participate?
Access, Equity
& Inclusion
Economic, geographic, and cultural barriers, and ways to reduce them.
FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE
Knowledge people can use.
Our planned work includes original studies, accessible evidence briefs, learning communities, and an annual State of the Field report.
BUILDING THE COLLABORATIVE
A shared agenda for the field.
Original research & evaluation
Develop studies on youth outcomes, camp education quality, and access, working with researchers and camp practitioners.
Evidence briefs & summaries
Translate research and existing literature into accessible guidance that camp educators can use.
Convenings & learning communities
Connect researchers, educators, universities, and youth-serving organizations around shared questions.
State of the Field
Develop a planned annual report bringing together camp education research and practice.