CBISA for Education™

Lyon Software’s Community Benefit Inventory for Social Accountability (CBISA™) is a comprehensive way for schools to measure their impact on the communities they serve.

We know your contributions to the community go far beyond primary services. You impact your community's quality of life in so many ways.

What is Community Engagement/Service?

" Community Engagement describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity. " -Carnegie Foundation

" Community service means activities designed to improve the quality of life of off-campus community residents, particularly low income individuals. Community service activities may include but are not limited to: academic service-learning, co-curricular servicelearning (not part of an academic course, but utilizing service-learning elements) and other co-curricular student volunteer activities, as well as Work-Study community service and paid community service internships. Community service includes both direct service to citizens (e.g., serving food to the needy) and indirect service (e.g., assessing community nutrition needs or managing a food bank). Academic service-learning means: service that is integrated with academic course content. It may involve direct or indirect service, and may include academic research. " - The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

One comprehensive software does it all!

CBISA for Education™ can you help you collect, track and report your community engagement efforts to your many stakeholders. House your service-learning, cvic engagement, community-based research, and donations all in one central, cloud-based software.

Collect information, such as:

• Quantitative & Qualitative Program Statistics
• Persons served
• Number of Students, Faculty and Staff involved
• Hours
• Expenses
• Offsets
• Narratives & Stories
• Outcomes & Evaluations
• Partnerships
• Flexible, in-depth Reports

Our Help Desk is available from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST, Monday through Friday at (419) 882-7184 or via email at info@lyonsoftware.com.