Mission

Trinity’s Community Learning Initiative (CLI) is a form of experiential learning: an academic course in which the faculty member works in partnership with a person or group from the local community to involve students in an experience they could not get in the classroom.

It is the mission of the CLI to find ways to share knowledge and develop academic collaborations among students, faculty, and community partners outside the College.

The richness of Hartford’s ethnic and neighborhood diversity offers opportunities to develop learning and outreach projects that not only benefit students and faculty in the classroom but also carry policy or problem-solving implications for Hartford and for cities around the world.